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Reminder System, like Google Calendar

I am considering ways to have a web based reminder system that takes a
Date and Time and sends emails according to reminder flags in a
database. I know how to do all aspects other than the ability to send
reminders at specific points throughout the day without user
interaction. My first initial thought is that this is not possible
with the web, it would have to be a Windows service that is constantly
running on someones desktop.

My example and inspiration comes from Google Calendar that can send
reminders throughout the day. I thought maybe have a desktop running a
service that makes consistent half hour calls to a web service who
then queries the data for any reminders that need to be sent. But this
seems like a waste of resources.

Does anyone have any good ideas on how to make this a web based
solution without constant interaction? I need some creative answers!

Thanks
JM
Jan 19 '08 #1
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