Sending mail without using any email client !
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 16:50:48 -0500, "Anand"
Quote:
>This time I want to send a mail using VB application, but at the same I
>don't want to use any email client (not Outlook Express nor Outlook 2000).
>Is it possible?
>In other words if you are sending mails from ASP page, where it does not use
>any of the email client, same manner I want to send mail without using any
>email client.
>Now, If I use MAPI, I have to have either Outlook Express or Out 2000 for
>sending mail, which I don't want.
>All these pains, because, the machine where my VB App will be running does
>not have any email client installed.
>Is there any way?
You might want to take a look at our mail related controls (in
particular our SMTP and MIME components) in SocketTools. We have a
SocketTip article which discusses attaching files in particular, but
also gives a general overview of how to send mail. You can find it
here:
http://www.catalyst.com/support/tips/tip12.html
Note that this approach doesn't require that your customer have any
particular email client installed, only that they have an Internet
connection. The actual code to do this can run from just a few lines
for basic mail delivery, to something a bit more complex if you need
features like authentication, delivery status notification and so on.
You can download a free trial version of SocketTools from
www.catalyst.com
David
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