Re: 2K3 batch file to send alert

> So you have a little batch file in a win 2003 server that gets fired up on a
> regular basis by the job scheduler to do something or check something and if
> it runs into a problem, it needs to contact a human for help.
>
> Are there any good ways to do that? Here is what I can think of or find:
>
> - Send an email by calling a CScript .vbs file and use CDONTs to contact a
> local email server and SMTP a message to someone. This is a kludge on a hack
> and you better hope you have the email server set up.
>
> - Install a little program like blat to send the email for you. Again, make
> sure you don't change the email server and forget about this script and its
> (now incorrect) config.
>
> - Net send, but that seems to have been removed or doesn't work unless the
> user has a windows messaging client running.
>
> - Copy a READMENOW.TXT file onto the administrators desktop and wait for him
> or her to log in again?
>
> There has got to be a better way, no?
>
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