Send E-mail With File Every X Minutes

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Im working on my little program and i need to know something!
I want the vb program to send a mail (automatically ) to my email every 5 min with a file (attachment .txt)
(sender username and password is alredy set in that application)
If anybody could tell me that i would be verry happy

Posted 22-Oct-13 1:05am

Sreeju Ks

Updated 22-Oct-13 1:07am

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ZurdoDev 22-Oct-13 7:40am

Use a timer control.

Wombaticus 22-Oct-13 8:31am

Or, (better, IMO), build the app to send just a single email, then run it as a scheduled task to execute every 5 minutes.

ZurdoDev 22-Oct-13 8:35am

So, use Windows Timer instead. :)

[no name] 22-Oct-13 22:20pm

scheduled task means??

Wombaticus 23-Oct-13 3:16am

Gooogle "Windows Task Scheduler" for your operating system. It's a feature of Windows that allows you to run programs automatically on a schedule that you set - e.g. every 5 minutes, in your case.

[no name] 22-Oct-13 22:21pm

i already tried using but some error occured.. i'll try once more.. :)

ZurdoDev 23-Oct-13 8:55am

You would have to share the error if you want anyone to help.

[no name] 24-Oct-13 9:53am

boss timer works.. the error was becoz of my 2 step verification in my gmail acnt... :) thanx ;)

ZurdoDev 24-Oct-13 10:00am

Good to hear.

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ZurdoDev · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-24T04:01:00

Solution 1

I would recommend using a timer control and then even possibly create this as a windows service.

Posted 24-Oct-13 4:01am

ZurdoDev

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Ranjan.D 24-Oct-13 10:02am

Perfect solution, Would recommend the same.

[no name] 24-Oct-13 11:36am

need one more help, how can i attach a folder that contain several files )
or how can i attach all the .txt file in a folder for mailing (in VB6)

ZurdoDev 24-Oct-13 11:39am

I would recommend opening a new question so that it shows up under the Unanswered questions and you'll get more responses. However, if you are using SMTP and the .Net MailMessage class there is an Attachments collection and I believe there are several articles on this site explaining how to do it.

thatraja 24-Oct-13 11:45am

5!

CPallini · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-24T05:16:00

Solution 2

This is perfect task for the the Windows Task Scheduler. See, for instance: "windows scheduler to run a task every x-minutes?" at Stack Overflow[^].

Posted 24-Oct-13 5:16am

CPallini

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thatraja 24-Oct-13 11:46am

5!

CPallini 24-Oct-13 12:11pm

Thank you.

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