You could create a "program" alias, that you would forward the message
to while leaving a copy in the common box. The program alias would be a
small executable that would send a message to a specified group of users
notifying them, sans graphic. I think you could make it work with the
imail1.exe utility.
If you'd like us to build it for you, let me know.
-Ron
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 3:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Mail Notification
>
> Ron,
>
> Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, we do not want to forward the
> messages themselves to all the users because they will have graphic
> images attached to them. We don't need to have multiple copies of
> large graphic files on the network. I knew that they could all monitor
> the mailbox, I was just hoping that there was a way of notifying them
> without them having to monitor it.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 2:23 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Mail Notification
>
> Well, if you don't mind them getting the whole message forwarded
> to them, just set the forwarding on the common mailbox to:
>
> .,[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Note the period at the start there... that will leave a copy of
> the message in the common mailbox.
>
> Alternatively, you give give them all access to that common
> mailbox, and they could all login to WebMail at the same time with
> their browsers and watch the box in realtime.
>
> Finally, have you considered a group alias or distribution list
> instead of a common mailbox?
>
> -Ron
> Humankind Systems, Inc.
> http://humankindsystems.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 2:04 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [IMail Forum] Mail Notification
>
> Does anyone know how I can notify a group of users that
> there is mail in a common mailbox without actually forwarding the
> mail?
>
> David Endsley
> MIS Manager
> OYO Instruments, Inc.
> 713-937-5800
>
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