sending emails from disabled resource accts

Hey all,
I am having an issue that has been bothering me for a
couple weeks.
I have an extra computer that is a server that has an
outlook resource account. I dont' know what that really
means, other than the fact that it is disabled, and i
cannot send an email from that machine. I have to log
onto it from my personal machine to be able to see and
send emails...
Onto the problem. There is a database on that machine
that gets updated when an email is sent to a email server
(in java). when that database is updated, i would like to
be able to reply to that user saying the database has been
updated. as of now, there is no code i have found that can
get around the type of email account that is on the
machine. Any ideas/??
Thanks
Jason

It sounds like Outlook isn't installed on that server.

Regardless, the point of automation for Outlook in this scenario resides in
the database. What kind of database is it? Essentially, you have to write
the code to automate Outlook using whatever development tools is available
for that database. SQL Server can do these kinds of things with stored
procedures, jobs, operator notifications, etc.

However, if the event that you want to trap is maybe the e-mail that updates
the database, that could be the point of automation for Outlook as well.

Could you provide more details about your environment? Are you running
Exchange?

--
Eric Legault - B.A, MCP, MCSD, Outlook MVP
--------------------------------------------------
{Private e-mails ignored}
Job: http://www.imaginets.com
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/


"jason" wrote:

> Hey all,
> I am having an issue that has been bothering me for a
> couple weeks.
> I have an extra computer that is a server that has an
> outlook resource account. I dont' know what that really
> means, other than the fact that it is disabled, and i
> cannot send an email from that machine. I have to log
> onto it from my personal machine to be able to see and
> send emails...
> Onto the problem. There is a database on that machine
> that gets updated when an email is sent to a email server
> (in java). when that database is updated, i would like to
> be able to reply to that user saying the database has been
> updated. as of now, there is no code i have found that can
> get around the type of email account that is on the
> machine. Any ideas/??
> Thanks
> Jason
>

We are on Windows 2k. I am using an Access DB (2000),
outlook 2000, and yes we have an Exchange Server. I have
tried the automation of outlook a couple different ways,
as well as trying to send SMTP from that machine and none
work. From what the IT guys tell me, it is based on the
fact that the type of account makes is disabled by
default. I/they could be wrong though



>-----Original Message-----
>It sounds like Outlook isn't installed on that server.
>
>Regardless, the point of automation for Outlook in this
scenario resides in
>the database. What kind of database is it? Essentially,
you have to write
>the code to automate Outlook using whatever development
tools is available
>for that database. SQL Server can do these kinds of
things with stored
>procedures, jobs, operator notifications, etc.
>
>However, if the event that you want to trap is maybe the
e-mail that updates
>the database, that could be the point of automation for
Outlook as well.
>
>Could you provide more details about your environment?
Are you running
>Exchange?
>
>--
>Eric Legault - B.A, MCP, MCSD, Outlook MVP
>--------------------------------------------------
>{Private e-mails ignored}
>Job: http://www.imaginets.com
>Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/
>
>
>"jason" wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>> I am having an issue that has been bothering me for a
>> couple weeks.
>> I have an extra computer that is a server that has an
>> outlook resource account. I dont' know what that
really
>> means, other than the fact that it is disabled, and i
>> cannot send an email from that machine. I have to log
>> onto it from my personal machine to be able to see and
>> send emails...
>> Onto the problem. There is a database on that machine
>> that gets updated when an email is sent to a email
server
>> (in java). when that database is updated, i would like
to
>> be able to reply to that user saying the database has
been
>> updated. as of now, there is no code i have found that
can
>> get around the type of email account that is on the
>> machine. Any ideas/??
>> Thanks
>> Jason
>>
>.
>

Do you have any more information on how the database is getting updated by
that e-mail? It sounds like that is the best spot to automate sending a
notification e-mail. However, if that process is running on the database
server and it doesn't have Outlook installed, this might not be possible.

See if you can get more information on this setup from the IT guys.

--
Eric Legault - B.A, MCP, MCSD, Outlook MVP
--------------------------------------------------
{Private e-mails ignored}
Job: http://www.imaginets.com
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/


"Jason" wrote:

> We are on Windows 2k. I am using an Access DB (2000),
> outlook 2000, and yes we have an Exchange Server. I have
> tried the automation of outlook a couple different ways,
> as well as trying to send SMTP from that machine and none
> work. From what the IT guys tell me, it is based on the
> fact that the type of account makes is disabled by
> default. I/they could be wrong though
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >It sounds like Outlook isn't installed on that server.
> >
> >Regardless, the point of automation for Outlook in this
> scenario resides in
> >the database. What kind of database is it? Essentially,
> you have to write
> >the code to automate Outlook using whatever development
> tools is available
> >for that database. SQL Server can do these kinds of
> things with stored
> >procedures, jobs, operator notifications, etc.
> >
> >However, if the event that you want to trap is maybe the
> e-mail that updates
> >the database, that could be the point of automation for
> Outlook as well.
> >
> >Could you provide more details about your environment?
> Are you running
> >Exchange?
> >
> >--
> >Eric Legault - B.A, MCP, MCSD, Outlook MVP
> >--------------------------------------------------
> >{Private e-mails ignored}
> >Job: http://www.imaginets.com
> >Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/
> >
> >
> >"jason" wrote:
> >
> >> Hey all,
> >> I am having an issue that has been bothering me for a
> >> couple weeks.
> >> I have an extra computer that is a server that has an
> >> outlook resource account. I dont' know what that
> really
> >> means, other than the fact that it is disabled, and i
> >> cannot send an email from that machine. I have to log
> >> onto it from my personal machine to be able to see and
> >> send emails...
> >> Onto the problem. There is a database on that machine
> >> that gets updated when an email is sent to a email
> server
> >> (in java). when that database is updated, i would like
> to
> >> be able to reply to that user saying the database has
> been
> >> updated. as of now, there is no code i have found that
> can
> >> get around the type of email account that is on the
> >> machine. Any ideas/??
> >> Thanks
> >> Jason
> >>
> >.
> >
>