What environment? I would use perl to write a script and set it as a chron job .. but that's on a *nix box. Perl would provide you the ability to read the directory and the creation dates as well as interact with smtp.
Dan G. Switzer, II wrote: >Does anyone know of a good (preferably free) tool that will watch a >directory and if there are any files older than XXX send some kind of >notification/alert? > >Apparently this morning around 1:29am GMT CF got locked out of the Spool >directory. It could write to the directory, but wasn't sending mail. I ended >up having to kick the services to get it up and running again. > >Anyway, my boss wants to make sure we know ASAP if mails not going out. The >most straightforward method seems like to watch the spool directory and if >there's files in there older than a couple of minutes, well, then I know the >spool isn't sending mail. Obviously, I'd need to be notified in some manor >other than CFMAIL, so I'd prefer the product to be able to send SMTP mail on >it's own. > >So, in a nutshell I'm looking for something to monitor spool folders and to >generate a notification alert if a folder has files in it and it has not >removed any files recently. > >Anyway recommendations? I've been searching all evening and haven't found >anything that does exactly what I need... > >-Dan > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:212786 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
