send email notification in ASP

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As you can tell by the varying styles, I did not write all of these, but the question gets asked enough that I thought I would cobble a few examples together.

FtB

this code will do what you ask. It uses a windows 2000 (and later) package called CDOSYS. If you're using pre-windows 2000 you have to use a slightly different package called CDONTS.



<%
Dim iMsg
Set iMsg = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
Dim iBp
Dim Flds

Dim iConf
Set iConf = CreateObject("CDO.Configuration")
Set Flds = iConf.Fields
Flds(cdoSendUsingMethod) = cdoSendUsingPort
Flds(cdoSMTPServer) = "smtp.MyMailServer.com"
Flds(cdoSMTPServerPort) = 25
Flds(cdoSMTPAuthenticate) = cdoAnonymous
Flds.Update

With iMsg
Set .Configuration = iConf
.To = "me@mydomain.com"
.From = "me@mydomain.com"
.Subject = "Notification"
.TextBody = "Hello world!" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "From Mars"

.Send
End With
%>

damn... took too long... : )

although, kingsfan, you should find the metadata lines in my example more convenient than the constant declarations at the top of fritz' example.

ASKER

thanks for the quick responses.

@FtB and barryfandango:

i am using Windows 2000 Server with IIS 5.0
which one would you suggest me to use? and do I need to download or install any components?

If you have SMTP running on that server, use the CDO.

FtB

ASKER

@FtB:
I tested your code for the *CDO Simple* and it gives me the following error:

CDO.Message.1 error '80070005'

Access is denied.

it occur on the .send line.
I copy your code exactly for that part, and use my own email address. am i missing something?

anyway i'm going to test the *complex* and the other codes right now

You might want to make sure that the CDO.dll is on your machine. Also, are you running SMTP services on that server?

FtB

ASKER

SMTP server is on a different machine. I guess i'll need to make sure CDO.dll is on the application server and get the mail server name and port no. first.
I'll get back a little later. meanwhile i'll increase the points as well.

If you are using a remote smtp server, the ASPeMail available for free at www.persitis.com is really easy to set up and use. I have had great luck with it.

Fritz the Blank

CCongdon

Yeah, I found that out the hard way, if you're going to use CDONTS, you have to make sure that IIS's SMTP server is installed.

Here's a link to the MSDN page that explains the methods that can be used in this object:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cdo/html/_denali_newmail_object_cdonts_library_.asp

ASKER

@CCongdon and @FtB:

I tried CDONTS and it gave me the permission denied error. So if my SMTP server is on a different server from my application server, then I can't use CDO or CDONTS? (I have no control over the servers)

@FtB:
I'll probably give ASPeMail a shot since it's free. but the link is not working.

Sorry, wrong address (type)

www.persits.com

CDONTS cannot work with remote SMTP services.

CDO can, but the configuration can be tricky.

AspEmail works like a charm but lacks some of the functionality in terms of catching bad mail and etc.

FtB

Sorry, it looks like they changed the address--here it is:

http://www.aspemail.com/

FtB

gladxml

try to check out the link might help

http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/faq/Email/faq2.shtml

CCongdon

Are you saying that you have no access at all to installing programs on the server? Because in that case, ASP E-Mail still won't work since you have to register the DLL.

Another possiblity, but it's VERY cludgy and out of date is to use a CGI script. There's a couple out there that do e-mail.

Or... you could use Front Page if your server supports Front Page extensions... Form to e-mail is a behavior natively supported by FrontPage. But as far as I know, it's only for packing up a form and e-mailing it.

@Glad--

Look further up the thread--that was already covered.

@CCongdon--

I am not sure whether kingsfan can use a third-party component. If not, then we will have to futz with CDO.

FtB

ASKER

I can't install anything on the server, but i can ask and it should be no problem. but having SMTP server on the server i'm currently working on is out of the question.

i think the free version of ASPmail should be enough for me as I only need to send a notification mail with a subject line and a very simple body message.

thanks for all the replies. It'll be probably be a day or two for me to test it out and PAQ this question.

diehard Kingsfan :-) (that's NBA Sac Kings)

I have used ASPeMail in a number of applications that require the use of remote SMTP servers with very good luck. There is only one downside: the free version doesn't queue up all of your mail in the event that the smtp server does not respond. CDO, and the Professional version of ASPeMail will queue up all of those messages and then send them when the service comes back on line.

What I have done is to write a little routine that captures any mail that didn't get sent and stores the pertinent data into a table so that the messages could be resent later. If you are interested, I can show you what I did for that.

FtB

ASKER

@FtB:

thanks for the suggestion. but with the current project schedule i probably don't have time to implement that. i need something as simple as possible. but i'll keep that in mind in the future (maybe a future expert question).

just talked to system admin and he said if he set up a virtual SMTP server in IIS then i'll be able to use CDO/CDONTS, but problem is when we upload the app to the client's server it's not going to work. so i guess i'll stick with ASPmail

kingsfan

Fair enough!

FtB

apirnia

here is a good one: go to www.aspemail.com
Version 4 is free.

@apirnia:

Please look further up the thread--that has been suggested already.

FtB

apirnia

fritz_the_blank

Whats your point here?

apirnia

Personaly I think if more than one person suggest the same thing, it means that it must be a working soloution.......and maybe I should give it a try first.....

That it is not particularly constructive to repeat what has already been posted in the thread: the idea of using ASPeMail has already been proposed along with sample code and the URL where the code can be downloaded.

FtB

Oh, I see what you mean. Ordinarily, then, one would say something like "I agree that using ASPeMail is a good approach" or something like that.

FtB

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