[AccessD] CDO

Rocky,
   
  CDO is the "middle of the road" approach. It still relies on software
being installed on the machine, but gives you support for things outside of
simply sending mail.  I don't believe it's dead yet.

  If all your doing is sending mail with attachments, then the simplest
thing I've ever found is BLAT.EXE.  It's a command line utility for sending
mail directly via a SMTP server.  You simply need the server address and
possibly a login. Outside of that, that's it.  However it also gives you the
least amount of control over the process (you need to shell() to use it).

  The only thing you can run afoul of is a firewall that blocks the program
the first time you use it (and the user needs to click allow or block).

Jim.

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 11:12 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] CDO

Is CDO dead or alive?  Use it or lose it?  
 
What's the best way to automatically send emails from an app without using
dlls or activex controls which would need to be registered?  
 
MTIA
 

Rocky Smolin

Beach Access Software

858-259-4334

Skype: rocky.smolin

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