Automated Tasks
I have an auction site running. Now I want the auction to be able to automatically send a mail msg to the seller after it expires. How do I do it? Obviously there is some sort of way that I can employ so that this task does not require an operator (such as me) to run manually. This task will involve accessing the database and sending an email. Can somebody enlighten me on this?
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