Best way to run a background task in ASP.Net web app and also get feedback?

Question

I am thinking on the following approach but not sure if its the best way out:

step1 (server side): A TaskMangaer class creates a new thread and start a task.
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Answer 1

Microsoft Message Queuing was built for scenarios like the one you try to solve: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/msmq/default.mspx Windows Communicatio Foundation also has message queuing support. Hope this helps.

Thomas