Sending e-mail from VB

[waytech2003]

I reading the FAQ, I found a method of sending email without Outlook. It said I had to add a refeerance to the CDO 1.21 object. I do not seem to have this object on my system. Where can I get it?

I have VB6sp4 on a Win98SE Computer. I also have MSOffice 2000 Premium installed.

 

[johnwm]

AFAIK CDO 1.21 comes with Exchange 5.5 onwards. There are other documented ways of sending email from VB without Outlook by using the MapiSession and MapiMessage controls.

A quick search on this site for 'mapisession' brought up sevearl threads, including thread222-616754 where I posted some fairly complete code.

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[paulbent]

CDO also ships with Outlook. Up to 98 it was included in a default installation but from 2000 onwards you have to select it during a custom installation.

Paul Bent
Northwind IT Systems

http://www.northwindit.co.uk

 

[waytech2003]

Thanks for the replys, I will check out the MapiSession and MapiMessage methods.

 

[jlgdeveloper]

I use a com object called samail.

Here is an example of a function I use to send email. This is from an asp page:

function sendEmail(address,title,body,attachment)
dim objM

Set objM = Server.CreateObject("SoftArtisans.SMTPMail&quot
objM.FromName = "iqzero.net"
objM.FromAddress = "iqzero.net"
objM.addrecipient "", address
objM.Subject = title
objM.bodytext = body
'objM.SMTPLog = "c:\temp\samail.log"
objM.RemoteHost = "jlgweb"
if attachment <> &quot;&quot; then
objm.addattachment attachment
end if
if objM.SendMail then
sendEmail = true
else
sendEmail = false
end if
set objM = nothing
end function

It is much easier than the cdonts objects, and trouble free. If you have a local mail server, there is a free version that you can get. There is also a version that authenticates to an email account.

Jonathan Galpin MCSD

http://www.iqzero.net

because software should be easy to use

 

[waytech2003]

Thanks jlgdeveloper,

I searched Google and found vbSendMail.dll by Dean Dusenbery at

http://www.freevbcode.com

This seem to be what I need at this time. I am going to do some testing to see if it works with my ISP account.