alert if email not received in outlook

[rhnaeco]

Hi,

not sure where the right place is for this post but if anyone has any ideas then please share

I have a matlab script that runs daily and sends an email to show the results (the position of a buoy in the sea). If the matlab script fails - this is recorded in the email, however, if the computer is off, or something else prevents the running of the script then no email. even though it's really important, and the email gets sent to multiple people, it's amazing how many times a week passes without anyone noticing that there has been no email. The consequences of this have been quite expensive in the past.

Therefore, my question is - how can I get Outlook to check if the email has arrived and create an alert if it hasn't arrived?

any ideas, even outside of outlook appreciated

thanks

 

[Madawc]

Set a weekly task, "has the vital e-mail arrived?". Include a reminder.

It's also possible to set 'appointments' with just yourself. I do this for lunch for weekdays I'm not on holiday. More flexible that way.

I have Outlook 2003: I assume it works for all version but later versions may have something better.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Crystal 2008 with SQL and Windows XP

 

[Andrzejek]

Does your matlab script have any data base? If so, you could write a record into a table every time the e-mails are sent. And have another little program run at the Start-Up on computer(s) that would check that information in the data base. Some simple task:

[pre]
If the data is in the table for today
Do nothing, we are done
Else if there is no data for today,
E-mails were not sent, do something
End If[/pre]

Have fun.

---- Andy