Re: macros in SBS?

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From: Susan Bradley, [SBS Community Member] (sbradcpa_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 09/21/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:30:36 -0700
To:  gkarasik@fea.net

Gary this is why we rallied so HARD to get this group googlable.

http://www.google.com
Click on the tab called groups
now click on advanced search
now put in the box "only search on this group"
microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs

You can even put "author"
I tend to narrow it to like Ray Fong when I know he's had the good post.

Yes, you can find this via google. Just not the normal google... you
wnat Google groups.

Gary Karasik wrote:

> According to Charlie Anthe--whose note I did not find via Google, so thanks,
> NG--the problem is not damaged (or lost, as some have suggested) email but a
> "loop" in which the email is not downloaded because a new download starts
> before an old one ends. And he provides a solution (just wait a while for a
> downoad to complete so any big message can be cleared out).
>
> He also says that this applies to the SBS2K architecture and that they
> [were] working to fix that in SBS2K3. Since the SBS2K3 connector looks like
> a different program, perhaps they did.
>
> Even so, with a fast connection and typical small-business email needs, I
> don't see any reason that a script set for every five minutes should have a
> problem.
>
> GaryK
>
> "Susan Bradley, [SBS Community Member]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net> wrote in
> message news:Obh8j62nEHA.3324@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>
>>If we teach you to fish without warning you that the fish might be
>>poisoned that wouldn't be too good would it?
>>
>>You could end up with damaged email.
>>
>>The answers for this post were googlable my friend.
>>
>>I'm not going to look for unsupported answers.
>>
>>Gary Karasik wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks, Chad. I appreciate your taking the time to respond--I really do.
>>>I'm fully cognizant of the problems. I want to get an answer to my
>>>question anyway.
>>>
>>>Do you by chance know the answer to my question, which was "Is it
>>>possible to do macros on an SBS server?"
>>>
>>>GaryK
>>>
>>>"Chad A. Gross [SBS MVP]" <chad.gross@laytonflower.nospam.com> wrote in
>>>message news:%23ub5jO2nEHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Go with SMTP.
>>>>
>>>>Seriously.
>>>>
>>>>This was discussed in length about two years ago - and the problem is
>>>>that if there is a download in progress (large attachment, etc.) and you
>>>>stop / restart the service, or manually trigger a new download, you're
>>>>going to lose the messages being actively downloaded in the original
>>>>process. In theory, you could probably handle this by looking to see if
>>>>there is a current download in progress - if so, do nothing, otherwise
>>>>trigger a new download. But that is more effort than it is worth.
>>>>Considering what an hour of your time is worth, you're better off in the
>>>>long run just buying POPBeamer than trying to do this yourself with the
>>>>built-in pop connector . . .
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>
>>>>Chad A. Gross - SBS MVP
>>>>SBS ROCKS!
>>>>
>>>>www.msmvps.com/cgross
>>>>www.gosbs.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Gary Karasik wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>Is it possible to do macros on an SBS server? More specifically, I was
>>>>>wondering if some kind of script could be set up to trigger the
>>>>>"Retrieve now" process on the POP3-connector manager? Then I'd set up
>>>>>a task to run the script every n minutes.
>>>>>
>>>>>I was thinking this morning that I could accomplish something similar
>>>>>with a scheduled task and a .BAT file that stops and restarts the
>>>>>POP3 Connector service, but that seems REALLY ugly.
>>>>>
>>>>>Someone once suggested a .BAT file that ran IMBDOWNL.EXE and
>>>>>IMBDLVR.EXE. I can guess what IMBDLVR.EXE does, but what's
>>>>>IMBDOWNL.EXE?
>>>>>GaryK
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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