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asp_web_howto thread: CDONTS emails
Message #1 by "Paul McKeever" <paul@f...> on Mon, 25 Feb 2002 12:57:04
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Hey all,
I've been using a CDONTS script to generate email from forms for some
time. However, after some testing, it appears that we don't always receive
the mail from it. Having spoken to Fasthosts who provide our hosting they
say it isn't a problem with the server.
The script is below. Can anyone see a problem with it? I have no idea what
could be wrong - its not exactly complex...
Cheers in advance,
Paul McKeever
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http://www.front-online.com/
Front
<%
' set up email values
Dim strName, strEmail, strComments
strName = Request.Form("name")
strEmail = Request.Form("email")
strComments = Request.Form("comments")
strSubject = "re: nistudent.com - from 'feedback' page"
' create email
Set objNewMail = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
objNewMail.From = strName & "<" & strEmail & ">"
objNewMail.Subject = strSubject
objNewMail.To = "info@f..."
objNewMail.Body = strComments
' send email
objNewMail.Send
Set objNewMail = Nothing
' show thankyou page
Server.Transfer "../content/thankyou.asp"
%>
Message #2 by "Gerhard Wentink" <data@w...> on Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:39:27 +0100
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You must be sure that a FROM is provided. When there is no FROM the smtp
server does not send the message but keeps it in the Badmail folder.
You can test if the user provided an e-mail address, if not just give a
dummy address (e.g. dummy@e...) just to satisfy the smtp server.
Regards
Gerhard Wentink
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul McKeever" <paul@f...>
To: "ASP Web HowTo" <asp_web_howto@p...>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:57 PM
Subject: [asp_web_howto] CDONTS emails
> Hey all,
>
> I've been using a CDONTS script to generate email from forms for some
> time. However, after some testing, it appears that we don't always receive
> the mail from it. Having spoken to Fasthosts who provide our hosting they
> say it isn't a problem with the server.
>
> The script is below. Can anyone see a problem with it? I have no idea what
> could be wrong - its not exactly complex...
>
> Cheers in advance,
>
>
>
> Paul McKeever
> --------------------
> http://www.front-online.com/
> Front
>
> <%
> ' set up email values
> Dim strName, strEmail, strComments
>
> strName = Request.Form("name")
> strEmail = Request.Form("email")
> strComments = Request.Form("comments")
>
> strSubject = "re: nistudent.com - from 'feedback' page"
>
> ' create email
> Set objNewMail = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
>
> objNewMail.From = strName & "<" & strEmail & ">"
> objNewMail.Subject = strSubject
> objNewMail.To = "info@f..."
> objNewMail.Body = strComments
>
> ' send email
> objNewMail.Send
> Set objNewMail = Nothing
>
> ' show thankyou page
> Server.Transfer "../content/thankyou.asp"
> %>
$subst('Email.Unsub').
>
Message #3 by "Drew, Ron" <RDrew@B...> on Mon, 25 Feb 2002 13:28:20 -0500
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Write a quick little javascript to make sure the FROM strEmail has a
valid email address syntax. If nothing exists (user did not input) STMP
goes nowhere and put it into a folder on your server. So stop it before
the CDONTS get executed.
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul McKeever [mailto:paul@f...]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 7:57 AM
To: ASP Web HowTo
Subject: [asp_web_howto] CDONTS emails
Hey all,
I've been using a CDONTS script to generate email from forms for some
time. However, after some testing, it appears that we don't always
receive
the mail from it. Having spoken to Fasthosts who provide our hosting
they
say it isn't a problem with the server.
The script is below. Can anyone see a problem with it? I have no idea
what
could be wrong - its not exactly complex...
Cheers in advance,
Paul McKeever
--------------------
http://www.front-online.com/
Front
<%
' set up email values
Dim strName, strEmail, strComments
strName =3D Request.Form("name")
strEmail =3D Request.Form("email")
strComments =3D Request.Form("comments")
strSubject =3D "re: nistudent.com - from 'feedback' page"
' create email
Set objNewMail =3D Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
objNewMail.From =3D strName & "<" & strEmail & ">"
objNewMail.Subject =3D strSubject
objNewMail.To =3D "info@f..."
objNewMail.Body =3D strComments
' send email
objNewMail.Send
Set objNewMail =3D Nothing
' show thankyou page
Server.Transfer "../content/thankyou.asp"
%>
$subst('Email.Unsub').
Message #4 by "George Draper" <georgedraper@a...> on Mon, 25 Feb 2002 21:20:42 -0500
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Also, I noticed that my IIS smtp service checks if the FROM address has a
valid domain name. If not, it stays in the queue. I don't know the
rationale for it staying in the queue instead of going to the badmail
folder, but that's what I'm seeing.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Drew, Ron" <RDrew@B...>
To: "ASP Web HowTo" <asp_web_howto@p...>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 1:28 PM
Subject: [asp_web_howto] RE: CDONTS emails
Write a quick little javascript to make sure the FROM strEmail has a
valid email address syntax. If nothing exists (user did not input) STMP
goes nowhere and put it into a folder on your server. So stop it before
the CDONTS get executed.
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul McKeever [mailto:paul@f...]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 7:57 AM
To: ASP Web HowTo
Subject: [asp_web_howto] CDONTS emails
Hey all,
I've been using a CDONTS script to generate email from forms for some
time. However, after some testing, it appears that we don't always
receive
the mail from it. Having spoken to Fasthosts who provide our hosting
they
say it isn't a problem with the server.
The script is below. Can anyone see a problem with it? I have no idea
what
could be wrong - its not exactly complex...
Cheers in advance,
Paul McKeever
--------------------
http://www.front-online.com/
Front
<%
' set up email values
Dim strName, strEmail, strComments
strName = Request.Form("name")
strEmail = Request.Form("email")
strComments = Request.Form("comments")
strSubject = "re: nistudent.com - from 'feedback' page"
' create email
Set objNewMail = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
objNewMail.From = strName & "<" & strEmail & ">"
objNewMail.Subject = strSubject
objNewMail.To = "info@f..."
objNewMail.Body = strComments
' send email
objNewMail.Send
Set objNewMail = Nothing
' show thankyou page
Server.Transfer "../content/thankyou.asp"
%>
$subst('Email.Unsub').
$subst('Email.Unsub').
Message #5 by "Ken Schaefer" <ken@a...> on Tue, 26 Feb 2002 13:36:42 +1100
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From: "George Draper" <georgedraper@a...>
Subject: [asp_web_howto] RE: CDONTS emails
: Also, I noticed that my IIS smtp service checks if the FROM address has a
: valid domain name. If not, it stays in the queue. I don't know the
: rationale for it staying in the queue instead of going to the badmail
: folder, but that's what I'm seeing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It will/should go to badmail eventually. It's probably waiting for a timeout
period. Failure to resolve a domain name might be due to:
a) DNS problems
b) domain not existant
(a) is usually transitory
(b) is not
Hence it will wait to see if the problem goes away (a), or not (b). If (b)
then the mail goes to badmail.
Cheers
Ken
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