You didn't say what program you are using for email, but I know that my netscape polls the ISP every ten minutes to auto download. It does need to be running, but can be minimized while polling and drawing down. I do believe that there is the same function in Outlook/Outlook Express from what some of my other list members have mentioned.
Keith Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > To one and all on the list, > > Hopefully, will get my system stable VERY shortly - Win98SE. > > BUT, one thing I have wondered for sometime now is what would be considered > the best way to schedule to get emails automatically during the day at > various times without intervention. Meaning, while I am at work, I would > like my home system to automatically run Communicator at various times > during the day, get my emails, and then shut-down automatically after xxx > minutes - I have cable modem, so I would not have to connect through my > dial-up modem. Getting the program to run at a particular time is not a > problem, since the windows scheduler that comes with windows can do that > without a problem. The problem I have generally found is programs that do > not automatically shutdown when they are done operating when run through > this or other similar scheduling programs - you need to tell the scheduling > program not only when to run the program BUT also when to shut-down the > program as well, which the windows schduler does not seem capabible of > doing. > > So the question is - any sugguestions on a scheduling program that lets you > not only schedule programs to run but shuts them down automatically after > xxx amount of minutes of operation or at a particular time???? > > Ralph -- Keith Thompson, Worthington, OH (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Home Web Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~kthompson/ Genealogy Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kthompson Age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
