[AccessD] SMTP Server

Hi Max

You have it already: The SMTP Service of IIS and has been there since Windows NT.

This may not be installed on your machine by default but a few checkmarks under your Windows configuration will do.
Note that the SMTP Service in the server versions of Windows sports more features than that of a workstation.

Note too, that you will still need your SMTP client or other software (Blat or whatever) to connect to your service, except if you are able to create fully formatted text files in eml format (not recommended); if so these can be dropped in the Drop folder of the service and off they go.

/gustav

>>> max.wanadoo at gmail.com 22-12-2008 15:39 >>>
Hi Vlad & Stuart,

I am afraid that BLAT is no good and neither are the other options which
sends via an STMP Server.  What I am after is to be able to send emails
direct from my PC to an Email Address without going through an external SMTP
Server.  ie, I need a Local SMTP Server software. If you look at this URL
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Servers/E-mail-Servers/Free-SMTP-Server.shtmlyour 
will see what I am after, but all the version are handicapped in some
way (ie, x emails a day or size restrictd etc).  The actual code must be
really simple but I cannot get my hands on any.

Thanks for the interest.
Max



On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 4:06 PM, ACTEBS <actebs at actebs.com.au> wrote:

> Max,
>
> An SMTP Server manages the email for a domain or several domains like
> abc.com and xyz.com. That's why you need hMailServer. It will send out the
> email and receive email on your domains behalf and you pick it up from
> hMailServer via POP3 or via IMAP. You asked for an SMTP Server and
> hMailServer is exactly that...
>
> What you are trying to do is code up something so you can send email from
> your app to recipients based on some criteria am I right?
>
> In that case you need something like Blat and some code that will send out
> what you create through Blat which in turn sends it through your SMTP
> server.
>
> I have created a little example for you from an app I did a few years ago
> that works very well and does exactly what you need. Inside this zip file
> you'll find everything you need to create a solution from the documentation
> for Blat to the module I created to create the emails and send them out.
> You
> can download it here:
>
> http://download.actebs.com.au/blat.zip 
>
> Inside the zip file you'll find a file called VladsEmailCode.txt which is
> the module you will need to research to get an understanding of how I went
> about it. You will also need to read the items in the docs folder to
> understand how to use Blat.
>
> Good luck, and if you need some more help get back to me...
>
> Regards
>
> Vlad
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo
> Sent: Saturday, 20 December 2008 2:19 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] SMTP Server
>
> Thanks Vlad,
> I cannot see to get it to work using an MS Access.  It wants to install
> with
> MySql or Sql Server.
> Is there a workaround that you know off perhaps?
> Thanks
> Max