Cron jobs with ASP?

How to have a server execute an ASP script periodically.

[saurabh]

My website runs on WinNT. I needed way to execute an ASP script every few minutes to check an email account and if there is a message alert me on my mobile phone. I can do the scripting part but have no idea how to execute the script periodically. Any help/suggestions will be appreciated.

Best Regards
Saurabh

[IanTurner]

There is a command line program called wget, it will make an http request for you. Just set it up as a scheduled task to get a timed asp process.

(Sorry I can't remember where I got it from but it is freeware)

[saurabh]

IanTurner, thanks for the reply.
I dont't leave my computer on all the time. Is there anything that I can do on the server itself?

[IanTurner]

If you have full access to the server - run wget on the server instead of on a client. It works just as effectively.

[RossWal]

Can you not auto-forward any emails hitting the account to your cell phone, like [e-mail]?

[saurabh]

RossWal: No, the cell phone service provider rejects any email that dosen't have the right email address in the "To" field. Moreover I want grab only some particular emails, parse them and send that parsed data only.