Automated send an email when a file is added to a folder

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Edwin Boiten

Hi,

I am looking for a solution for a big problem I am having. I want
outlook to scan a folder and if there is a new file in it I want it to
send me an email.

Reason why....I have faxes getting into my computer. But I am not
always at the same place as my computer is and I would like to be
notified if a fax is received.

I use Windows XP and Outlook 2000 and have the faxconsole installed.

I have made vba macro's but that was for word and excel and I am a bit
lost and new on the objects and references used for Outlook.

Is there a code sniplet I can use/studie or just a few pointers in the
right directions to get me started?

Any help would be much appriciated.
Edwin Boiten
 
I don't see this as being an Outlook solution. Ideally, you'd create a
Windows Service or an .exe with Visual Studio that monitors a particular
folder for new files; then it would automate Outlook to send an e-mail
message.

Otherwise, you'd have to rely on Outlook always running so that similar code
to monitor the folder can relay a message when a new fax is detected. What
fax software are you using? A good fax solution would have the option of
relaying faxes by e-mail automatically.
 
You are right. I found the info that stated that XP and outlook 2000 don't
have the feature that it had before. So I came to that work around.

I found this http://www.hiteksoftware.com/mize/automize.htm and it works
fine when I set i up to check to see if there are files and then send me an
email.

Thanks for the input
Edwin
 
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