Hy,
I have a c# program that sends emails with GMail SMTP server and I want to make a service or something running behind that sends this emails every 5 minutes.
Does anyone have any idea how can I make this with c# and asp.net?
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You may want to look at Quartz.NET - a scheduler for the .NET platform to schedule jobs that send emails through Quartz at regular intervals.
mfloryan
2010-09-22 08:31:37
A simple and proven solution.
Patrik
2010-09-22 08:36:08
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Websites should be stateless, so implementing a continuous process in ASP.NET is a bad idea. You either need a console app that never quits, or a windows service. An even easier way is to use a scheduler and run a console app. The windows scheduler should be enough to do this.
StephaneT
2010-09-22 08:32:23
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Two options that spring to mind:
Write a Windows service. Kick off a timer that triggers every five minutes, and do your work there.
Set up a Windows scheduled task ("Task Scheduler" in Vista/Win7) to trigger every five minutes and launch your application.
I'd tend towards the latter. Windows services are easy to set up, but nothing's simpler than no code at all.
Michael Petrotta
2010-09-22 08:32:30
I want to make it programaticaly with C#, no configuration... just a application...
Jeff Norman
2010-09-22 08:38:33
@Jeff: well, then, a Windows service might suit you. You could even run a timer from within a plain old application.
Michael Petrotta
2010-09-22 08:48:45
Actually I am thinking now that I can make a timer that calls my sending email method every 5 minutes. But when I quit the application it will stop... or?
Jeff Norman
2010-09-22 09:06:52
@Jeff: yes, when you quit your application, its timer will stop, and the method will no longer be called.
Michael Petrotta
2010-09-22 20:17:18