Sending Emails from a Desktop VB application

http://161.58.84.209/internet/sendmail/

Shows how to create a sendmail application from VB.

1. You can use MAPI or CDO.
MAPI (Messaging Application Programming Interface) A messaging architecture and a client interface component.
As a messaging architecture, MAPI enables multiple applications to interact with multiple messaging systems across a variety of hardware platforms. See also MAPI subsystem, messaging system.

As a client interface component, MAPI is the complete set of functions and object-oriented interfaces that forms the foundation for the MAPI subsystem's client application and service provider interfaces. In comparison with Simple MAPI, Common Messaging Calls (CMC), and the CDO Library, MAPI provides the highest performance and greatest degree of control to messaging-based applications and service providers.
2. There are lot of freeware components for sending emails.
http://www.aspsmart.com/ -one of them.
I don't remember URL but you can find components JMail and ASPMail yourself.

Good luck!

You could look at this question (still open):

https://www.experts-exchange.com/jsp/qShow.jsp?ta=visualbasic&qid=20122015

Here's some code I use to send email automaticlly with Outlook using MAPI.
I have a table in my database called EmailNotification that contains the names and addresses of recipients.
fields(0) is their name and
fields(1) is their address in the table.
Place a MAPISession control on the form and call it MAPISession1
Place a MAPIMessages control on the form and call it mail.

Private Sub send_mail()
Dim x as Integer

  dtaEmail.RecordSource = "select * from [EmailNotification]"
  dtaEmail.Refresh
  dtaEmail.Recordset.MoveLast
  dtaEmail.Recordset.MoveFirst

  strEmailMessage = "This is a test message"

  For X = 0 To dtaEmail.Recordset.RecordCount - 1
      strMailName = dtaEmail.Recordset.Fields(0)
      strEmailName = dtaEmail.Recordset.Fields(1)
      MAPISession1.LogonUI = False
      MAPISession1.UserName = "MICROSOFT OUTLOOK"
      MAPISession1.SignOn
      mail.SessionID = MAPISession1.SessionID
      mail.Compose
      mail.RecipDisplayName = strMailName
      mail.RecipAddress = strEmailName
      mail.ResolveName
      mail.MsgSubject = "Test message!"
      'Create the message
      mail.MsgNoteText = strEmailMessage
      mail.Send False
      MAPISession1.SignOff
      dtaEmail.Recordset.MoveNext
  next
end sub

Later...

One of these should do it

http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=109

http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=80

http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=159

http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=773

Regards
Andrew

Sorry emoreau
My first link duplicated yours :-)

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Here it is short and sweet:

set mail     = Createobject("CDONTS.newmail")
mail.To      = "somebody@somewhere.com"
mail.From    = "somebody@somewhere.com"
mail.Subject = "Hey"
mail.Body    = "Don't you just love automation?!"
mail.Send

You should definitely use the code from TimCotee's link.  Using MAPI or CDO is fine, provided the user has it installed on their machine, AND has it configured correctly.  If you use the code he links to, all they need is a TCP/IP stack, which AFAIK is pretty standard (grin.)

You can still run into logistical problems with this code, namely deciding what mail sever to connect to.  If this app is for use within one specific company, you can just use the company's internal e-mail server.  If this app is going to be used by people from multiple domains (DNS, not NT), you may run into problems with people from ABC corp not being able to send e-mail through XYZ corp's SMTP server.  This is relatively nice to try to keep spam down, but a PITA for you.  You're either going to have to find a "friendly" SMTP server, ask the user to input their SMTP server's address, or find some way to automagically figure out an SMTP server to use.

You should definitely use the code from TimCotee's link.  Using MAPI or CDO is fine, provided the user has it installed on their machine, AND has it configured correctly.  If you use the code he links to, all they need is a TCP/IP stack, which AFAIK is pretty standard (grin.)

You can still run into logistical problems with this code, namely deciding what mail sever to connect to.  If this app is for use within one specific company, you can just use the company's internal e-mail server.  If this app is going to be used by people from multiple domains (DNS, not NT), you may run into problems with people from ABC corp not being able to send e-mail through XYZ corp's SMTP server.  This is relatively nice to try to keep spam down, but a PITA for you.  You're either going to have to find a "friendly" SMTP server, ask the user to input their SMTP server's address, or find some way to automagically figure out an SMTP server to use.

Thank you so much guys, I liked and appreciate all your help.