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06.27.2008 at 01:45PM PDT, ID: 23522972 | Points: 200
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Programmatically get SMTP server and port settings from email clients.

Asked by jmc0 in Email Clients, Windows Programming, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

Tags: programmatically, email client, smtp, extract configuration

Does anyone know how to programmatically get what the SMTP server, port, from address and maybe password, used by the default email client (e.g. outlook express, outlook, etc.); where the email client may or may not be actively running?

I want to send email without using the email client programmatically/automatically [I Already programmed this capability, BUT the user initially has to type and save the server, port, username/from address, password, etc.].

Since some users dont know the above information (and I like to make things easy for them), I would like to extract the server configuration settings, etc. from their existing email client software settings (I am trying to program this ability Now)&

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[+][-]06.28.2008 at 10:03PM PDT, ID: 21893020

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