Brilliant idea.
From: David L Herrick [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 1:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Create Rule to notify when a daily email doesn't show in my inbox/folder I think the best you can do is two scripts One triggered by an outlook rule that creates a specific file when you do receive the email and the second that checks for the presence of said file- deletes it if it is there, so you are set for tomorrow else emails you that it is not there Good luck David From: Ben Nordlander [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 10:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Create Rule to notify when a daily email doesn't show in my inbox/folder 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]<mailto:[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]<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 This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Names in the News. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. <FONT color=whitesmoke size=1>{*}</font></FONT> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
