Service that Read file from folder and send email

Question

I have the requirements to build a service that will

Read a notification from a text file in a folder (key)

Look up in a cross reference table which phone is assigned to the key read

Send an email or text msg to the phone the phone assigned

I have don C# .net applications but not really familiar with Services. Can someone help with would be the logic and the best way of implementing this?

Recommend adding "C#" tag and removing "asp.net" tag. – mikemanne Oct 24 '11 at 14:18 — mikemanne, Oct 24 '11 at 14:18

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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You need to write a Windows Service to achieve this task and to read the folder you could use the FileSystemWatcher and it's event's, email sending is lot easier then this two. :)

Simple Windows Service Example

FileSystemWatcher

SMTPClient

Email Sending using Gmail

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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