Setting up Retrospect Email Notification

  1. Download Blat for Windows (full). You must unzip it to c:\ for the batch file to work. Rename c:\blat222 (or whatever version it is) to c:\blat. If you aren't running Windows XP or later, you will need FreeZip to do this.
  2. Bring up a command prompt. Type the following :
    cd \blat\full
    And then :
    blat -install <SMTP server> <email address>
    Substitute the SMTP mail server for <SMTP server> and someone's email address for <email address>.
    e.g. blat -install mail.halsys.com gthorne@halsys.com
    Close the command prompt.
  3. Download the RetroEventHandler.bat file and put it in the C:\Program Files\Dantz\Retrospect directory. This is the Retrospect email notification batch file.
  4. Open RetroEventHandler.bat in Notepad and change
    kMailServer to the SMTP mail server
    kMailSender to the sender's email address
    kMainGroup to the recipient's email address
    Save and exit.
  5. To test the notification, run a test Retrospect script and see if you receive an email.
  6. If you do not receive notification, bring up a command prompt again and type the following :
    cd "\Program Files\Dantz\Retrospect"
    echo This is a test > retrobusfile.txt
    RetroEventHandler ATSendBUSReport

    If blat gives you an error message, you know something did not work right. Edit RetroEventHandler.bat and try again.
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This page last modified on June 11, 2004 by Gary Thorne