The alternative to the polling workaround is have your mail sever  
execute your handler. This is done by configuring an event sink. Check  
out:
http://gsexdev.blogspot.com/2005/05/c-catchall-onarrival-event-sink.html

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On Nov 3, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Trevor Rosen <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I'd just cron it.  After all *something* (whether it's your template
> or some other process) would have to execute every so often in order
> to actually perform the checks, right?
>
> -TR
>
> On Nov 3, 2009, at 4:38 PM, Doug Boude wrote:
>
>> I have a client who sends me incoming data via text file attachments
>> to an email. I have a web template (Coldfusion in my case, but i
>> don't think that's relevant)  that is capable of checking the
>> incoming email box and processing any attachments when executed.  
>> SO...
>>
>> What is the best way of causing my template to "watch" for incoming
>> mail? I absolutely hate the idea of scheduling the template to
>> execute every ten minutes, so am looking for some creative
>> alternative that would accomplish the same thing. I have total
>> control of this server, so not too many things are out of the
>> question. Oh, and I'm on a Windows 2008 server using IIS7.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Doug Boude  :0)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>
>
> >

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