Well take me to school. I had no idea. I guess I was thinking of some other product?????
Thanks for setting me straight. I can think of a fewthings to do with this???? Time to test. Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of T. Bradley Dean > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 1:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Reboot via Alias > > > Not true: > > http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-19980116-DD11.htm > > ~Brad > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Bilbee > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 1:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Reboot via Alias > > 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/ 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/
