Can it do this?

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I need a way to notify different people of an order based on what the customer is buying. For example, someone buys from catagory 'A' so I need the notification to go to person 1. If someone buys from catagories 'A' & 'B' I need the notification to go to person 1 and to person 2. Is there a way to do this other than having all the order notifications go to one person and then forwarded on to the correct department? If someone could explain a way to do this in simple terms (I'm really new to php) I would appreciate it. Thanks