Re: "No email received" rule

Brian, thanks for the response, I will have to use Access to do the ESP.


Thanks


Kevin


"Brian Tillman" <tillman1952@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Kevin K <kk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I have an automated back up system that emails on success, but not on
>> failure so I was wondering:
>>
>> Is there a mechanism within outlook, using rules or otherwise, to
>> recognise that an email from a particular recipient has not been
>> received within a given timeframe?
>
> It is impossible to test for the absense of an action in any sitiation.
> How would Outlook know that some receipient even tried to send mail in
> order to start a timer? How would Outlook know that the message isn't
> sitting on some router between the sender and recipient, that router being
> totally outside the control of both the sender and the recipient and their
> respective ISPs? Do you intend to graft extrasensory powers into Outlook?
> --
> Brian Tillman


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