Is it possible to trigger a web app operation by email?

Is it possible to send an e-mail to a web application which would then trigger an operation to store its details into a database?
For example, a company wishes to be added to the Yell.com online directory and so sends submits there details online. These details would then be sent to the staff at Yell.com by e-mail who would approve them by forwarding them on to the system. The system would then extract the company details from the e-mail (maybe using XML) and add them to the database.
This would then make it easier for staff to approve listings as it would remove the need for them to have to login to the web application with administrator priveleges to approve a listing.
I have been told it is possible to you have to trigger an operation to check for new email e.g. from within a Spring based web app you can use Quartz to poll for mail at fixed intervals.
Thanks in advance
Vivian Spencer

Zawinski's Law of Software Envelopment (also known as Zawinski's Law):
Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adages_named_after_people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zawinski's_Law_of_Software_Envelopment

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