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  • jeevik
    New Member
    • Aug 2007
    • 4

    using Cron job

    Hello everybody

    I have to send a mail on a particular day some what like birthday reminder .. I came to know this can be achieve by using cron job but i dont know how to use it ..
    or tell me any other way to achieve it

    can any one help me pls,,,
  • jhardman
    Recognized Expert Specialist
    • Jan 2007
    • 3405

    #2
    "cron job" is a Unix term. I don't know what M$ name would be equivalent, but it would be easy to send an email if a certain specified date had passed.

    Jared

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    • markrawlingson
      Recognized Expert Contributor
      • Aug 2007
      • 346

      #3
      CronTab is Unix based software and cannot be used on a windows based system.

      However that doesn't mean windows can't replicate this.

      Check out this URL - It explains how to emulate a Cron Job with the windows task scheduler.

      Configuring Cron Jobs on Windows

      Sincerely,
      Mark

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      • jeevik
        New Member
        • Aug 2007
        • 4

        #4
        Automatic Email Send

        Hello everybody

        I have to send a mail on a particular day some what like birthday reminder .. using ASP ,please help me with some concept or samples

        can any one help me pls,,,

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        • jhardman
          Recognized Expert Specialist
          • Jan 2007
          • 3405

          #5
          Originally posted by jeevik
          Hello everybody

          I have to send a mail on a particular day some what like birthday reminder .. using ASP ,please help me with some concept or samples

          can any one help me pls,,,
          Why do you need to do this with ASP? ASP is designed to run when a user asks to view a particular page. Obviously this wouldn't be the most convenient way to trigger a date-dependent email.

          If you do have to do it with ASP, then the trickiest part would be to send the email at all, and this depends on what other software you have (you can't send an email directly from ASP, you will need to use some sort of server object which will connect the script to an email program and send the email from that). Do you already know how to send an email form an ASP page?

          BTW, don't start new threads to ask the same question again.

          Jared

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