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Monitor for mail NOT in the inbox

I have a requirement to monitor for email that should arrive at a certain time then be re-distributed to distribution lists. The goal is to monitor and if the mail hasnt arrived by a certain time then an alert is sent to cell phones to kick off a manual process of distribution.

Tinker12

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Outlook 2003 SP2 on XP SP2. Exchange server 2003 Enterprise SP2. Mail is sent from whatcounts.com to an internal address that belongs to a DL. If the DL gets the message it distributes it internally company wide. Occasionally the mail will not be sent or quarantined or for some reason not arrive on time. If this is the case, a script will kick off and send a message to the contact list of IM text numbers so that a copy of the whatcounts.com message can be manually sent to the internal address.
Using the rules and alerts tool, it will look fo the message subject line, if found, run 'powershell', create a transform file with text and email it to my phone. I think what I should do is check and if not there go into a wait, but I dont know what to seed it with if there is no mail.

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David Lee

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Tinker12

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Yes, if its to check what is in the box at a certain time or not in the box at a certain time then the mailbox would have to be opened by a user or service.

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Tinker12

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Thank you, very elegant. I've gotten a copy of the 'checkyes.pro' and have found it very useful as well. Once I saw your solution i realised I was way to 'out there'.

David Lee

Thanks, and you're welcome. Glad I could help.