Its' OST's. It doesn't begin to dial when it opens. Thank you, Alex Gonzalez Senior Systems Administrator Handleman Company [EMAIL PROTECTED] (248) 362-4400 Ext. 4914
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Schorr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:14 PM To: Exchange Discussions Just to be clear; you're using .OSTs or .PSTs? Also, what was wrong with Tools | Options | Mail Setup | Send Immediately When Connected....? Aloha, -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP-Outlook, CNA, MCPx3 Director of Information Services Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert http://www.hawaiilawyer.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gonzalez, Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 9:42 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > > The process doesn't necessarily have to shut the pc down. > It's a laptop and it will hibernate. These are XP pro > laptops. I know about the scheduled task. That is mainly > what I am looking to do. I am just looking for a switch that > performs a s/r when Outlook opens. Outlook already will then > detect the connection state and dial. It will disconnect > automatically when it's done downloading all the mail to the > OST. You don't need to specify a time for how long it needs > to download. I am just trying to find something that hits F9 > when Outlook opens. I can get outlook to open I just need a > command for 1 stinking key stroke. After that I know how to > get Outlook to do the rest. If Outlook is open in the > morning when the user wakes up that's fine. We can live with that. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Drew Nicholson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 2:30 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > > Well... First of all, Chris isn't being a jerk. In addition, > if you're using your client's resources -- ie, the phone and > the computer -- for several hours at night, don't they > deserve renumeration? > > Nevertheless... > > What you want is for Outlook to start, dial up the server, > download mail, hang up, and shut off. > > Ok. I suppose that might be doable, sort of. > > Now, you don't mention what operating system your users are > using. I have Win2KPro. In > START/PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/SYSTEM TOOLS, there's a program > called "Scheduled Tasks". In that, you can schedule outlook > to be launched, and if you look at the advanced properties of > the task, on the SETTINGS tab you'll see a check box for > "Stop the Task if it runs for X hours and X minutes." That > MIGHT shut outlook down. Honestly, I don't know. You can > test it and try. > > Even if it does, there's no way for the task to know if all > the mail has been downloaded, so you'll have to guess. Also, > I doubt that this would be a graceful shutdown, so you run > the risk of causing problems with your PSTs, which you must be using. > > As Daniel said, there are rarely technological solutions to > behavioral problems. I think this is one of those times, and > the real solution is to "fix" it very differently. > > A far better solution is a VPN, as has been mentioned, or > even Outlook Web Access, which might be somewhat faster than POPing. > > Did you look at the technet article Chris kindly posted? > > > Drew Nicholson > Technical Writer > Network Engineer > LAN Manager > RapidApp > 312-372-7188 (work) > 312-543-0008 (cell) > Born To Edit > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gonzalez, Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 1:07 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Command Switch or 3rd Party software for > Send/Recieve on OXP > > > Your being a total jerk about this question. I don't see what isn't > technical about this question. It wasn't a question of what > our people > do, its how to automate our systems so they don't have to do as much > manual work and bill for it. Daniel Chenault hit the nail on the head. > It is creating a technical solution for a non technical > problem. Isn't > that what technology does? I apologize if I didn't give > enough detail. > These users are all on dialup and receive large emails with large > attachments (pictures mainly) all day. When they go to synchronize > their inbox it can take up to 2 hours for all the mail to > download. The > company doesn't want them billing for the time it takes to > sit in front > of their laptops waiting for it to download. They would > rather schedule > it at night and just have the rep read it while they are in the field > the next day. As far as the question goes here is a refresher: > > Does anyone know of a command switch for Outlook.exe in > Outlook XP that > I could create a scheduled task that would open Outlook and perform a > Send/Receive and then close Outlook? Or is there any third party > software that would do this. Remember this is Outlook XP and the > security is different. > > All you had to do was post back if you knew something. You don't have > to be rude about it. Whether the user is awake or asleep is > irrelevant > all I needed to know is if you knew of anything. Maybe you don't know > what a command switch is? I don't know. All I am looking for is > something like "Outlook /sendreceive" (obviously that isn't it or I > wouldn't be posting this), so that I could put the switch in the > scheduled task to run Outlook.exe, setup Outlook to dial if > there is no > connection, run a send/receive, and be done with it. Or if > there was a > third party app that would do this for me. > > \ > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
