Because program aliases need to be an executable not a bat file. the program alias does not know anything about the command shell (dos) interpreter.
Kevin Bilbee > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Beach Computers > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 12:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [IMail Forum] Reboot via Alias > > > Hello, > > Testing out an idea which does not want to work and wondered if > anyone could > point out why. > > Setup an alias in Imail to launch C:\WINDOWS\system32\reboot.bat. > Reboot.bat reads: > C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe /r /c "email reboot" /t 1 > > All seems fine, and testing reboot.bat by itself, it runs without > a problem > and reboots the machine. > But, when I test this via the Alias, nothing happens. > My system log reads: > 12:02 15:20 SMTPD(791e000f0138a26f) [69.93.89.101] MAIL FROM: <[EMAIL > PROTECTED] > <BLOCKED::mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 12:02 15:20 SMTPD(791e000f0138a26f) [69.93.89.101] RCPT TO: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <BLOCKED::mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 12:02 15:20 SMTPD(791e000f0138a26f) [69.93.89.101] > D:\IMail\spool\D791e000f0138a26f.SMD 1280 > 12:02 15:20 SMTP-(0000000000000000) Info - Adding Queue file > D:\IMail\spool\Q791e000f0138a26f.SMD > 12:02 15:20 SMTP-(791e000f0138a26f) processing > D:\IMail\spool\Q791e000f0138a26f.SMD > 12:02 15:20 SMTP-(791e000f0138a26f) [x] toprog > C:\WINDOWS\system32\reboot.bat D:\IMail\spool\tmp2A.tmp > 12:02 15:20 SMTP-(791e000f0138a26f) finished > D:\IMail\spool\Q791e000f0138a26f.SMD status=1 > > Any ideas why it's not working? > > Thanks much. > > Dave > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
