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tonyhughes

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#7873 17-May-2006 14:52
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I need to automatically email some log files every day from a WinXP machine, preferably with a small program that can use my own smtp server (or xtras).

Anyone doing this or got a recommendation to make?

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  #35974 17-May-2006 14:54
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write a simple batch file and schedule it to run using Windows Scheduler



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  #35975 17-May-2006 14:56
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example?

lets say i have

c:\abc.log

that i want to send to

bob@servername.com.nz

using smtp.xtra.co.nz







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  #35977 17-May-2006 14:59
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hrm... i might have to think about that. We do something similar with log files from our servers, but then they have IIS and exchange installed on them



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  #35979 17-May-2006 15:23
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Tony, i think this is exactly what you need.
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/email/geek-to-live-automatically-email-yourself-file-backups-168156.php

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  #35980 17-May-2006 15:25
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automailer from http://www.duodata.de/automailer/

works perfectly, scheduled polling of directories, automatically sending specified files (or masks - *.log or *.*), configurable smtp server, and to and from names + subject plus message body.

Can zip files before send if required, and also optionally delete a log after its sent.

and its freeware :-)







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  #35982 17-May-2006 15:29
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Or your way could be easier

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