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Asked: 2026-05-10T22:21:43+00:00

I’m writing an application where the user will create an appointment, and instantly get

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I’m writing an application where the user will create an appointment, and instantly get an email confirming their appointment. I’d also like to send an email the day of their appointment, to remind them to actually show up.

I’m in ASP.NET (2.0) on MS SQL . The immediate email is no problem, but I’m not sure about the best way to address the reminder email. Basically, I can think of three approaches:

  1. Set up a SQL job that runs every night, kicking off SQL emails to people that have appointments that day.
  2. Somehow send the email with a ‘do not deliver before’ flag, although this seems like something I might be inventing.
  3. Write another application that runs at a certain time every night.

Am I missing something obvious? How can I accomplish this?

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  1. Choice #1 would be the best option, create a table of emails to send, and update the table as you send each email. It’s also best not to delete the entry but mark it as sent, you never know when you’ll have a problem oneday and want to resend out emails, I’ve seen this happen many times in similar setups.

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