Can we trigger a workflow from e-mail create event?

Hi Experts,
My scenario is very simple-Whenever a mail is send for approval to the approver,two workitems-Approve or Reject should be created in the Appover's inbox.On clicking on any one workitem, corresponding mail for approval/reject should be sent.
My only doubt is how to trigger an event which will start the workflow. Also it should be triggered only when the mail is sent to a particular person-say admin and not to every individual.
Can you please guide me on this since I am new to workflows?
What I am looking for here is:-
a) The definition of E-mail creation event, which can trigger my workflow.
b) This definition has to be specific. I mean workflow should trigger only when a mail is send to admin.It should not trigger everytime a new mail is created in the system.
c) I thought that the business object for E-mail is activity-BUS2000110.But again activity can be anything-E-mail,task,telephonic conversation.Which business object should be used here?
Please give me some pointers on this.
Thanks and Regards,
Rohit

Hi Aditya,
Atlast somebody replied to my thread. Since yesterday I have created 3-4 threads and didn't got any single reponse.
Anyways, my query is:-
how to trigger the workflow? I know we need some event to trigger a workflow. Now how to generate this event, when the user is simply sending an e-mail to the admin for some approval request? How can an e-mail trigger an approval workflow in the background?
Any pointers/suggestions?
Thanks and Regards,
Rohit

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