Januk,
Regarding your message dated: 17 September 2000...
JA> I don't think there is an internal way to do this exactly, but you
JA> might try the following.
JA> Create a two line batch file like the following.
JA> ---Begin Batch file---
JA> C:\"Program Files"\"The Bat!"\thebat.exe /NoLogo [EMAIL PROTECTED];S="I'm
Shutting Down";Send
JA> C:\"Program Files"\"The Bat!"\thebat.exe /NoLogo /exit
JA> ---End Batch file---
JA> Now run this from a filter. Just be careful not to create an infinite
JA> loop as I did while testing the above. <sigh> It also appears that
JA> you really do need the first command to give TB enough time before
JA> shutting down. I'm not sure why a batch file with only the second
JA> line doesn't work when called from a script.
Thanks for this - that was a great idea and seems to do what I want.
Being ever the experimentalist, I put the following into a filter
simply to see if I could avoid the batch file and do the shutdown from
TB! itself...
External Program Call from Sorting Office:
"c:\Program Files\The Bat!\thebat.exe" /NOLOGO /exit
I then sent myself an email that would trigger the filter (pardon me
if I don't reveal the specifics but it could be abused in a most
irritating yet surely *so amusing* way if I did, yes?!) and waited.
After a few moments TB! did a mail-check, found the message, issued
the command and shutdown. Brilliant!
I wouldn't have thought of issuing another TB! instance with the
"/exit" flag as a way of closing the current TB! instance so that's
pretty top thinking on your part - cheers!
Now, let's create a template of my shutdown message and copy the file
to home before I forget what I did this for!
Thanks again and best wishes,
Mark.
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