[AccessD] Need SMTP Code

Gustav,

Can port 25 be opened and closed in VBA?

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 12:34 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Need SMTP Code

Hi Rocky

Before you get too happy, note all the traps no matter what tool you decide
for.

For a corporate workstation it is quite common that it has no access to the
outside on port 25. If it has, you or the app must provide the name of the
external SMTP server and the user's credentials. These must be required or
your SMTP server will be an open relay which will be blocked within an hour.

If port 25 is open, it may be blocked at the corporate firewall. If so, you
can only access an in-house (corporate) SMTP server, the name of which -
again - must be provided. It may even require a secure connection which only
the more sophisticated SMTP clients offer, for example Chilkat:

http://www.chilkatsoft.com/email-activex.asp

If no port 25, you may connect to the corporate mail system, say, via
Outlook or MAPI which is a completely different ball game.

/gustav

>>> pctech at mybellybutton.com 06-08-2007 19:04:59 >>>
Dan:

Sterling endorsement. :)  Looks like a good candidate. Simplest for the end
user is best.  With vbSendMail does the user have to know their server name,
port, etc.?  The less stuff they have to know the better.

Thanks

Rocky



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