Is SMTPMail the only way to go in ASP.Net or can one still use the CDOSYS object. Is there any reason to use one over the other?

Thanks.

Aaron

With ASP.NET you should use SMTPMail.

Here is a guide:
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/sen...-email-asp-net

System.Web.Mail is just a wrapper around CDOSYS. So, under the hood you're still using CDOSYS anyway.

However, although you're not using entirely managed code, I suggested you stick to the System.Web.Mail stuff, as it provides a cleaner, and more consistent API.

Cheers,

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

Thanks once again Imar. Are there properties of this class which duplicate the .fields collection of the CDOSYS class? Specifically I need to be able to log into a remote SMTP server using a login and password. Thanks.

Aaron

Hi Aaron,

Take a look here, and follow the links: http://blogs.msdn.com/darrenj/archiv.../22/51984.aspx

The trick is to use the undocumented Fields collection, not documented here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ieldstopic.asp

Cheers,

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

Well, I'm almost there. Here's what I have so far...

Imports System.Web.Mail
Public Class Confirmation
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

'Generate a confirmation email and send it
Dim Message As New MailMessage
Message.To = "SomeEmail"
Message.Cc = "SomeCc"
Message.From = "[email protected]" 'This is a registered user on the server
Message.Subject = "Some Subject"
Message.Body = "Body in HTML format"
Message.BodyFormat = Web.Mail.MailFormat.Html
SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "Mail server address"

'This is what I tried based on the links that Imar suggested
Message.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate", 1)
Message.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername", "JobApp")
Message.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword", "pwd")
SmtpMail.Send(Message)

The Error Message I keep getting is "The transport failed to connect to the server."

If I don't use the smtp authentication fields then it works fine, but it will only send to addresses within my domain (some kind of relaying thing I think).

Thanks!

Aaron

Did this ever work with CDOSYS?

Maybe it's a configuration error, where the JobApp account is not allowed to relay message outside your network?

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

Hi,

What is the name of the SMTPServer you used ? If you know the IP Address of the Server then put that in place of "Mail server address".



Hope It Helps !!
Bhaskar Ghosh

Hi guys,

Okay I figured it out. Imar's questionmade me think to try it exactly like I used to do it with CDOSYS.

BAsically, I never had to authenticate with this particular webhost. Weird I know, but that's how they operate. I changed the configuration to:

SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "localhost"
Message.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing", 1)
Message.BodyFormat = Web.Mail.MailFormat.Html
SmtpMail.Send(Message)

What had me stuck for a little bit was that the email I was using to test the thing happenned to be a domain within the same network as my web server, and CDOSYS doesn't deliver within a network, but only to addresses outside the network. When I tried a different email it worked just fine.

Thanks for your help!

Aaron