yes it is windows with IIS6.
My web server people wouldnt allow me to access their control panel.
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Browse All Topics i want a mail alert on a specific date automatically. How can i implement that on a webserver with ASP.
i understand that i need a continuous process running on the server which checks if it is the appropriate time to send an alert for the specific event.
Is there any means to implement a continuous process.
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by: rhickmottPosted on 2006-06-27 at 01:14:02ID: 16990587
Whats the Server running im assuming its Windows as your running ASP.
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You should be able to create a VBS file which will execte an ASP script and ten run it from a Scheduled Task in windows. You should be able to to this via the Control Panel ( Scheduled Tasks )
http://www.eggheadcafe.com
ASP has a "Scheduled Tasks" options that you can add to your code these may be of some use
http://www.tele-pro.co.uk/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/