but that is exactly what i'm looking for. a method to detect an absence of an email. I can't be the only dude in town that has this need heh.
-BenN On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Carl Houseman <[email protected]> wrote: > A rule requires an inbound message to trigger it. The absence of a > message can't cause a rule to fire. You'll need to create a separate > watchguard system to monitor the legacy system and send an E-mail if the > legacy system hasn't done what it's supposed to do. And then, if the > watchguard system isn't reliable, you'll have to create a watchguard for the > watchguard, and then, ... > > > > Carl > > > > *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, June 01, 2009 12:56 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Create Rule to notify when a daily email doesn't show in my > inbox/folder > > > > I have several emails i get every day that notify when a job is finished; > some of these emails come from legacy systems that don't allow much control > for me. > > Does anyone know of a method to create some type of notification in Outlook > (probably using rules) that would allow for some extra notification if one > of these daily emails don't get sent to me? > > For instance, i receive a particular email from an email archive product > every morning at 7:30am. But if i don't receive it; i would like to create > some kind of rule that would implement an action of my choosing (even a > script of my choosing) to notify me that i didn't receive that email today. > This is especially useful if i'm not at a computer most of that day and i > badly need > to know about a missed job that my email archive didn't perform today. > > I've probably over explained this; but i think you guys might get the jist. > > > -BenN > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
