Purpose

 

This example demonstrates how to use the email auto-reply features of NetMailBot while running NetMailBot as a Windows Service. 

Specifically, a POP3 user account is monitored for new messages. When new messages are found, they are replied to. After the email is replied to, the original email messages in the POP3 user account are deleted.

Additional Prerequisites

• The user account you specify should have at least one email message on the POP server in order for this example to work. An email can be sent to the account you specify with a different example, click here.
• This example works only on Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003.
• Adminstrator privelege is required to install and run NetMailBot as a Windows Service.

 

Prepared Example Files

 

 

The archive contains six files:

 

• NMBService.exe - The NetMailBot helper program for running NetMailBot as a Windows Service
• NMBService.ini
• NMBStart Service.bat
• NMBStop Service.bat
• NMBService Install.bat
• NMBService UNInstall.bat

 

File Contents

 

This is the content of the NMBService.ini file:

 

[Settings]

ServiceName = NMBService

ProcCount = 1

CheckProcess = 60

[Process0]

CommandLine = C:\Program Files\NetMailBot\netmailbot -receive -popwatch -popwatchwait 5000 -popdelete -popserver localhost -popuser email@domain.com -poppassword secret -popreply -from email@domain.com -body "Thanks!" -server localhost

WorkingDir = C:\Program Files\NetMailBot

PauseStart = 0

PauseEnd = 3000

UserInterface = No

Restart = No

 

All of the .bat files invoke NMBService.exe with various parameters to effect the desired outcome.

 

The contents of the .bat files are the same as in the Watch as a Service example.

 

Steps

 

1. Unzip the ForwardAsAService.zip file. This will produce a directory called "ForwardAsAService". Open this directory.
2. Open Notepad and edit the file NMBService.ini, changing the following:

• Ensure the path to NetMailBot is correct. By default, it is C:\Program Files\NetMailBot

• -popuser to your own POP3 user account.
• -poppassword to the POP3 user account password.
• -popserver to the name of the user account's POP3 email server.
• -to to an email address where the retrieved messages can be forwarded.
• -from to an email address that can be used as the "From:" email address
• -server to an SMTP server to send the forwarded email through

3. Invoke the batch file "NMBService Install.bat" to install the Windows Service helper program.
4. Ensure that the service and NetMailBot are running. Open Task Manager, select the "Processes" tab, and look for the two processes "netmailbot.exe" and "NMBService.exe".
5. Check your email account Inbox for email replied to from the user account you have specified.
6. To uninstall the service, execute the batch file "NMBService UNInstall.bat".