Append to file/Send once completed

Here is the jist of what I want to do;
1) Run a text to data program every hour which prints several individual files, but accumulates in one large file.
2) After all print jobs have accumulated in the one large file, send it out via smtp.

What I have done is setup a printer that writes to a TXT file, but the append option has been turned on. The variables have been setup to create a new file for every hour.

I have a group of items in the action list, the first writes the file and the second one sends the file via e-mail. The problem encountered is that one e-mail is sent every time one document is printed to the cumulative file (one per document) and I receive an e-mail with the file attached, but increasing in file size as the cumulative file gets larger.

How can I get the e-mail to be sent once all of the jobs have printed or once the queue has been idle for X minutes?

Kindly advise when you have an opportunity.

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Thx.

There is no timeout mechanism in Print Distributor, you will have to find some external mechanism to trigger the sending of the emails.