Winston Posted April 26, 2003 Posted April 26, 2003 hey guys well i want to be able to let the user enter the recipient, subject and body thats it! and send the email but everything seems to require smtp or wateva say i wanted to send a email to me@hotmail.com or sumfing how would i do it i just want a normal form with a To, Subject, message, button click send sends email to any address any ideas guys Quote
Guest mutant Posted April 26, 2003 Posted April 26, 2003 You need SMTP functinality on your computer. Quote
Winston Posted April 26, 2003 Author Posted April 26, 2003 i dont quite get wat it means wen they say u need smtp can u explain is it really required? is there anyway to make it independent or perhaps add a smtp dll to the app and make it read off that Quote
Guest mutant Posted April 26, 2003 Posted April 26, 2003 SMTP server is built into windows 2000 and it is required. Quote from Framework help files: The mail message is delivered either through the SMTP mail service built into Microsoft Windows 2000... Quote
Winston Posted April 26, 2003 Author Posted April 26, 2003 do uno of other controls that do the job without smtp? any other altern methods Quote
*Experts* Nerseus Posted April 28, 2003 *Experts* Posted April 28, 2003 There are lots of web server products, but sending an email definitely requires more than just a simple DLL and an internet connection. Now if you want to launch the default mail client, such as Outlook or Outlook Express (or whatever the user has defined to be the default mail client), then that's a bit easier. But if you want to create an email and send it, it's a bit harder. The basic reason is to prevent any old person from creating 10,000 emails to spam whoever they want. By installing a server, the IP address will get put in the header along with a bunch of other information. Search google for SMTP server and I'm sure you can find some cheap, maybe even free, mail server software if that's what you want. But you're out of luck trying to create a program for end-users to install that will send email automatically. -Nerseus Quote "I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center." - Kurt Vonnegut
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