[AccessD] SMTP or Outlook?

Rocky,

I have three customers in this situation.

All have Outlook.  One of them has an administrative way to eliminate the
Outlook nag messages so we use Outlook exclusively there.

The other two have parent companies who have 'declined' to eliminate the nag
messages.  So there I use both SMTP and Outlook.  SMTP is used when the
email is sent in the background (I use vbSendMail - you should look at
this).  Outlook is used when I want the email window to appear and have the
user physically click the Send button (trap for 2501 if user closes w/o
sending).

However, I needed to coordinate with the IT department to make this work in
all three cases - making your app a product could be a challenge!

BOL!
Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at
Beach Access Software
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 6:49 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] SMTP or Outlook?

Dear List:

I am developing a legal matter tracking app for a client. One of the
features is to email reports on a regular schedule to clients regarding the
various matters being handled.  

We can go with either Outlook or SMTP.  There's already some SMTP code in
the app (legacy app) and I've got some code for Outlook.  

Outlook, of course, has the disadvantage of thae nag messages requiring you
to allow access to Outlook when sending from another app.  I get around this
by using Click Yes but that has a security problem, obviously, in that
malware could then use Outlook.  

BTW, this isn't just for in-house use - he intends to make this a product.

Any opinions?  Is there a third alternative?

MTIA

Rocky

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