>Environment is local private network 240 locations supported via isdn, and 24x7 dialup modems. Once a week I have to move a new version of an exe to all locations.
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>I am told that we are getting corrupted files when we do a copy file batch program. I didn't design this so please lay off the "stupid method" jokes.
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>All locations have Outlook Express installed. I am thinking of using an attachment of our .NEW file for delivery to all stores at night. Then have my start.exe knock on outlooks door to see if there is any new versions to use, if so install them.
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>Idea sounds too simple, so anyone ever try this and if so issues that I'm up against?
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>TIA
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>__Stephen

The only problem you might have is with the file naming. I don't know if this occurs with Outlook, but when Eudora downloads a file with the same name as an existing file it renames it (eg. FILENAME1, FILENAME2, etc). You might want to account for that when you do the update - something as simple as removing the updated file from Outlook after your program has been updated should work.

Another issue you might have is some e-mail servers will choke on large file attachments. I forget the max filesize, but it's usually when you start getting over 2-3MB. It's probably something you'll have to test.