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    Smile Automating emailing files

    Good morning,

    I wonder if anyone can help.

    I run a backup every morning of some very important files which are stored in a zip file in a folder something like:
    C\backup\backup.zip

    After this backup has been run i would like to email the zip file to a one email address so a copy is off site should the computer fairies pay us a visit.

    I would like this to be automated so that if im not in the office it will still get done.

    I am using Outlook as my email program.

    If anyone could point me in the right direction i would be very grateful

    Many thanks in advance

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    dont use email - its for messaging , not file transfer.

    FTP would be a much better way of achieving this.

    failing that why not use a gmail account and gdrive software , which maps a network drive to your gmail account , you can then use a scheduled task to transfer the files.
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    Gotta be FTP really.

    Unattended FTP transfers are easy:

    http://www.robvanderwoude.com/ftp.html

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    Thanks for the helpful info.

    Will do a bit of reading and try and decide the best way to go.

    Cheers

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    For transferring files, especially outside of the company, I would definitely agree that scripting FTP is a much better solution.

    I would never, ever recommend important, sensitive or large files be sent offsite via email.


    I used to use a command-line tool for sending daily log files (after zipping them) from web servers in DMZs via email internally only, which is called BLAT.
    As the secured DMZ allowed outbound SMTP (for form mails to work) is saved opening an extra port in the firewall to get files out.

    Very convenient for putting into scheduled batch files or what-have-you for sending informational mails that the jobs have successfully (or unsuccessfully) run.

    Seems to have been under a lot development since I used it, latest build is just 3 months old:
    http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=81910
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