title: In a .Net web site, what are my options for sending email alerts when folder contents change?
body: <p>I don't know much about the .Net environment, so my first idea was to just write a console app that scans the folder for new content, and then emails alerts out.  Then put the .exe as a scheduled task on the server, executing every few minutes.  This seems pretty archaic to me though.  Is there a more elegant way to do this for my website?  </p>