CDO.Message problem on Windows 2003 server

Ive tried all these techniques...
What would make the above code work on one server, but not another ?

Maybe the SMTP settings are different or not configured? Have you gone into the various mail folders and checked for messages?

Here's a test that works on Win 2000... Not sure if it helps in your case, but worth checking out:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=297700

This make a difference?

Set myMail = Server.CreateObject("CDO.Message")
---------------^^^^^

Try adding your smtp server info:

Set myMail = Server.CreateObject("CDO.Message")
Set myMailConfig = Server.CreateObject ("CDO.Configuration")

myMailConfig.Fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = "localhost"
myMailConfig.Fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 25
myMailConfig.Fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2
myMailConfig.Fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpconnectiontimeout") = 60
myMailConfig.Fields.Update

Set myMail.Configuration = myMailConfig
myMail.From = MailFrom
myMail.To = MailTo
myMail.Subject = MailSubject
myMail.HTMLBody = MailBody
myMail.Send

Set myMail = Nothing
Set myMailConfig = Nothing

Yeah, I should mention that if you don't have SMTP configured on that server, you'll need to specify a valid SMTP server in the code I posted above  - but either way, it seems like your problem is related to SMTP authentication.

Hi,

If you go to:
http://www.hotcakes.co.nz and download the latest version of hotcakescms, I'm sure this has how to do this exact thing in the contact.asp file under httpdocs. You'll see how its done there and because that program is open source you could probably use the contact.asp with a few mods as a standalone script to send email. If you're distributing your application I suggest using some sort of backwards compatbility.

WMIF,
I dont know (I'm not on site this week so I am trying to fix this over the phone with the office - not ideal.)

I thought that SMTP was installed by default when IIS is installed. If this is not so then the server will not have SMTP, as I did not manually install it after installing IIS.

It's installed with IIS, but you need to configure it, define the SMTP server and so on...

If thats the case, I may need need to wait until the weekend to look at it (I am on a contract Mon-Fri - really frustrating!!!! as I am the only one able to do it).

But does it actually 'need' configuring? With win2000 it just works without the need to set it up.

I have read the IIS6 is installed in a lockdown state, where everything is switched off by default. I have looked at a win2003 machine here (where I am contracting) and I cant imageing what I would need to configure? unless it is the granting of access to localhost.

Any ideas? Is localhost denied access initially at the time of installation?

You can always specify an SMTP server other than localhost.  If your server requires authentication, you'll need to add the lines:

myMailConfig.Fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate") = cdoBasic
myMailConfig.Fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername") = "username"
myMailConfig.Fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword") = "password"

cdonts was easier to just drop in some code and run.  ive found with cdosys that you really need to configure the settings because it usually does not default to working. :)

I am back in the office now an can finally sit in front of the server for the first time since the problem.

Looking at IIS, there isnt even an SMTP 'folder' in the left-hand pane. I have only:
-Application Pools
-Web sites
-Web service extensions

Under "Add remoove Windows components", it says that SMTP is installed with IIS - so where is it?

Aliso increased points to 500!