I have a different sort of question for everyone...



Is there any way to send e-mail that deletes itself after a certain amount

of time?  I believe I've seen such a way using ActiveX but such an e-mail

would be blocked by just about any mail program that wasn't set to low/no

security.







Strange request, I know.  Thanks!



-Eli

Without knowing which client the recipient uses it is I believe not

possible. If you know that and this particular client supports

automation it is possible.



If you're running Outlook 98/2000/2002, I'm sure I could compose an HTML

mail with embedded Jscript/VBScript which does a lot of things on your

machine if you preview the item and don't block running embedded script

on your Outlook Security settings.



That's one of the reasons why I a) convert all incoming mail to

plain-text (a nice new feature of Office XP SP1/Outlook 2002 SP1) and b)

Microsoft has tightened the IE Security Setting in Outlook 2000/2002 a

lot.



So, because most (?) mail clients prevent VBScript/Jscript execution you

might get stuck with a COM component/ActiveX control to accomplish that.



Or just embed a link to an URL on your server which uses client-side

HTML code to run VBScript/Jscript. I'm sure you'll be amazed how may

people click on such a link without thinking about it ;-)



<Siegfried />



> -----Original Message-----

> From: Eli Schilling [mailto:eschilli@t...]

> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 6:32 PM

> To: ASP CDO

> Subject: [asp_cdo] Include auto-delete in e-mail

>

> I have a different sort of question for everyone...

>

> Is there any way to send e-mail that deletes itself after a certain

amount

> of time?  I believe I've seen such a way using ActiveX but such an

e-mail

> would be blocked by just about any mail program that wasn't set to

low/no

> security.

>

>

>

> Strange request, I know.  Thanks!

>

> -Eli

>




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