Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I want to set up an auto emailer which sends me information each morning. Is this possible and what is the best way to do it? (just the automation part, i can send emails)

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Re: Time specific auto emailer?
by the_slycer (Chaplain) on May 26, 2001 at 21:21 UTC
    If on unix. Use cron.
    If on Windows. Use AT.
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Re: Time specific auto emailer?
by Beatnik (Parson) on May 26, 2001 at 23:25 UTC
    TIMTOWTDI... 'at' also exists on UNIX, Win32 also has a scheduler...

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