can't you point me in the right direction for OpsMgr? We do have it. -Ben
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > That's pretty good. > > You can (i.e., the royal "you", the OP) do what you want with OpsMgr. If an > e-mail didn't get sent - generate an alert. It's pretty easy. > > But if you don't have OpsMgr - well, forget my idea. :-P > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jacob [[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, June 01, 2009 5:05 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Create Rule to notify when a daily email doesn't show in my > inbox/folder > > I have various ColdFusion scripts that run off hours and generate emails > when the script has finished. > > > > In Outlook, I have a folder call AutomatedScripts. Below this folder, I > have a folder and for each script that runs and suppose to send an email. I > have a filter to send the email to the correct folder. > > > > When I come in the next morning, I expand AutomatedScripts and any folder > that is not *bold* does not have a email in it. I know that script did not > run, had an error, or is not finished. > > > > I have about 20 automated scripts, so it is not to hard to manage. > > > > *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]> > 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/> ~
