I want to automate an alert email if an event occurs

[computergroove]

I have a restaurant owner who had 6 registers and there is an employee who is unplugging one of the terminals so they can steal money. The installation is on a peer to peer network where there are 6 windows xp pro terminals and a server xp pro server. I want to run a script from the server to the ip address of the computer that keeps getting unplugged and when it becomes disconnected I want an email sent to me immediately. I am browsing through the autoit functions and I cannot see a smtp option to use in a script. Has anyone made a program like this or is there any info on sending an email to a gmail account from the script?

[Jos]

Search for _InetSmtpMailCom() in the examples forum.

Jos

[sleepydvdr]

Another idea is to install video cameras to actually catch them in the act. A script that alerts you by email that a computer network connection is unplugged is not very good evidence.

[Clark]

From the Help file:

<autoit>#include <INet.au3>

$s_SmtpServer = "mysmtpserver.com.au"

$s_FromName = "My Name"

$s_FromAddress = "From eMail Address"

$s_ToAddress = "To eMail Address"

$s_Subject = "My Test UDF"

Dim $as_Body[2]

$as_Body[0] = "Testing the new email udf"

$as_Body[1] = "Second Line"

$Response = _INetSmtpMail ($s_SmtpServer, $s_FromName, $s_FromAddress, $s_ToAddress, $s_Subject, $as_Body)

$err = @error

If $Response = 1 Then

MsgBox(0, "Success!", "Mail sent")

Else

MsgBox(0, "Error!", "Mail failed with error code " & $err)

EndIf

</autoit>

[computergroove]

Will this work without a password from the email account in Gmail?

[Beege]

No. Gmail would need a password. Jos's example should work for Gmail. I would also look into using SMS. The same function can be used to send a txt message to his phone. The owner would most likely recive a txt quicker then an email.

[computergroove]

No. Gmail would need a password. Jos's example should work for Gmail. I would also look into using SMS. The same function can be used to send a txt message to his phone. The owner would most likely recive a txt quicker then an email.

How do I send a txt message from an autoit script?

[Beege]

How do I send a txt message from an autoit script?

The same way you send an email. You just need to know the persons cell service provider. For example if his provider is verizon, the email address you would send the txt to would be ##########@vtext.com. The "###" being his phone number. Check out the UDF below. It has like every provider address you can think of.

[PowerCat]

You can use a loop with PING and when the ping fails, it sends you an email

[arcker]

agree with powercat, simple and efficient.