[AccessD] EMail recommendations

Hey Gustav
I have to admit I am a bit of a ditz when it comes to understanding all 
about Email protocols. In your example would the user (me included) need 
to know their STMP server ID?


Gustav Brock wrote:

>Hi Tony
>
>If you don't want to install anything, I can recommend using the native Windows CDO component which is installed by default on any newer Windows.
>Code is a bit long-winded but very flexible. Also, it can mail to either an in-house Exchange server directly or to a normal SMTP server.
>Here's an example that via SMTP emails one attachment - more can be added quite easily:
>
><code>
>  Dim msg As New CDO.Message
>
>  With msg
>    With .Fields
>      ' Custom X-Mailer info.
>      .Item(cdoXMailer) = "My Mailer V2.0"
>      .Update
>    End With
>    With .Configuration.Fields
>      .Item(cdoSMTPAuthenticate) = cdoAnonymous   'cdoBasic
>      ' .Item(cdoSendUserName) = "myusername"
>      ' .Item(cdoSendPassword) = "mypassword"
>      .Item(cdoSendUsingMethod) = cdoSendUsingPort
>      .Item(cdoSMTPServer) = "smtp.yourisp.com"
>      .Item(cdoSMTPConnectionTimeout) = 10
>      .Item(cdoSMTPServerPort) = 25
>      .Update
>    End With
>    .Organization = "myorganisation.org"
>    .To = "receiver at example.com"
>    .Subject = "Example to Example with attachment"
>    .TextBody = "Here you are!"
>    .From = "me at mydomain.com"
>    .AddAttachment ("c:\temp\report.pdf")
>    .Send
>  End With
>        
>  Set msg = Nothing
></code>
>
>And the CDO component is very fast - at zero cost.
>
>/gustav
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>>>>iggy at nanaimo.ark.com 14-02-2010 17:39 >>>
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>Hey All
>
>I have spent the last couple of days looking all kinds of code for 
>EMailing (COD, STMP etc.) and third party products, (Blat etc. currently 
>looking at Total Access EMailer). Does anyone have any suggestions on 
>what route to go, to send EMails with attachments from an Access 
>application. I do not want to muck around on the user's machine 
>(basically stay away from their registry, no other installs other than 
>the Access application). Basically a no brainer for the user (enter your 
>user ID but no enter your STMP server address/ID etc.).  Orrrrrrrr.....I 
>am totally off base on this one and there is no easy simple solution.
>
>Thanks
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