[AccessD] Email using SMTP

Hi Max

Don't do that unless for fun or if you don't know what to do.
It's for a reason that so many controls are available ...

If you are trying to avoid installation issues, stick with a DLL solution like that from Marshall.
Or use a command line util that saves to files which you later can parse like GetMail:

  http://www.xmailserver.org/davide.html 

/gustav

>>> max at sherman.org.uk 12-02-2006 20:16:41 >>>
Hi Gustav,
Yes, I looked at both of those but I *think* the Free one will give me all
that I need (but of course, I won't know for sure until I hit a block).
What I would like is the actual API code that utilise the winsock so that I
can do away with the ActiveX completely.

In brief it offers:
FreePOP Methods
Connect - Disconnect - SetCurrentMsg - RetrieveCurrentMsg - DeleteCurrentMsg
- ResetDeletedMsgs - GetOtherHeader - strHeaderLine - WriteCurrentMsgToFile
- GetStringValueOfProperty - 

FreePOP Properties
POPHostname - POPPort - POPUsername - POPPassword - POPTimeout - Status -
StatusText - Error

ErrorText - MsgCount - MsgNumber - MsgUniqueID - MsgHeaders - MsgSubject -
MsgFrom - MsgReturnPath - MsgReplyTo - MsgDate - MsgSizeInK -
ConnectResponse - MsgContents - DebugMode - DebugFile 

FreePOP Events
MsgReadStatus
Message read so far (in K) 
Message size (in K) 
Percent completed

Thanks for the feedback.

Regards
Max
 
-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: 12 February 2006 16:12
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com 
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Email using SMTP

Hi Max

FreePOP may lack some features (I've not used it):

  http://www.harm.net/FreePOP 

However, I've used two (not free but not expensive) POP3 tools, the DLL from

  http://www.marshallsoft.com 

and the very powerful ocx from Chilkat:

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

Both feature excellent service which alone may very well be worth the money
you pay.

/gustav

>>> max at sherman.org.uk 12-02-2006 16:27:58 >>>
Thanks Marty, none of these did the trick, but they did start me hopping
across the sites.  I eventually came up with FREEPOP which I have started
making use of.  It describes itself as:

Description:
FreePOP is an ActiveX control that allows read/write access to a POP3
mailbox and the messages in the mailbox. This ActiveX control was developed
with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0-SP4.

Possible uses:
FreePOP allows you to find out the number of unread messages in a POP3
mailbox. 
FreePOP allows you access to the various headers of a message (i.e. Subject,
Date, From, etc.) 
FreePOP allows you to retrieve the contents of a message. 
FreePOP allows you to selectively delete a message. 
FreePOP allows you to read a message directly into a file.

Documentation is good and I had it working in no time at all.  I just need
to program it in so that it operates in the way I want.

Thanks for kick-starting me.
Regards
Max