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Rob Meade
Hi all...this might not be a 100% asp question - but the app I'm writing
around it will be )
I guess I need a component or something that will happily run in the
background scanning the incoming mail directory - upon a new email arriving
I want something to happen.
This is for a small 'helpdesk' app - I am happy to have a pop at writing the
component myself, but wasn't sure the best way...presumably I would need to
be scanning the C:\Inetpub\mailroot\Mailbox\<--mail box name--> directory on
the server for a new file - I could achieve this I suppose by using a
database to record whats currently there, then every 5 minutes or so scan it
again and compare to the database...
Anyone done anything similiar in the past? I think I would like to write the
component myself to just get it to do exactly what I need - does the
'theory' above sound ok or are there other ways...
Ideally I want to be able to determine if a ticket number is in the email
header and then write a new row to a database and send an email or
something...
Any info appreciated,
Regards
Rob
around it will be )
I guess I need a component or something that will happily run in the
background scanning the incoming mail directory - upon a new email arriving
I want something to happen.
This is for a small 'helpdesk' app - I am happy to have a pop at writing the
component myself, but wasn't sure the best way...presumably I would need to
be scanning the C:\Inetpub\mailroot\Mailbox\<--mail box name--> directory on
the server for a new file - I could achieve this I suppose by using a
database to record whats currently there, then every 5 minutes or so scan it
again and compare to the database...
Anyone done anything similiar in the past? I think I would like to write the
component myself to just get it to do exactly what I need - does the
'theory' above sound ok or are there other ways...
Ideally I want to be able to determine if a ticket number is in the email
header and then write a new row to a database and send an email or
something...
Any info appreciated,
Regards
Rob