The Outlook 2000 issue is just a way to get the CDONTS.DLL file.  As long as you know that is on your server and registered, you shouldn't need Outlook.  CDONTS then uses the SMTP pickup directory, as you know.  So it sounds like the SMTP service isn't running or the directory the service is looking at is different from the one you're using.

Is there any error messages in the badmail directory or the event log?

cdonts.dll is in /system32
unregisted and reregistered it
smtp is running
it's the only smtp server on the system and it's pointed to c:\inetpub\mailroot

I'm wondering about the advanced delivery properties and whether I might have something screwed up in there.  I've tried just about everything I could think of.

I also opened port 25 on our firewall but it shouldn't matter as the firewall only blocks unsolicited inbound traffic

is the FQDN from the network that this server serves or is it the domain we get email services from?  what I mean is, our local domain or our internet domain???

CDONTS wonuldn't work on Windows 2000 server for virtual Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) site other than the default site and ur server is have one Admin. site,So, it just simply create the mail in the default SMTP site's pickup folder.

Recode your applications to use CDO for Windows 2000. This object contains a field called cdoSMTPServerPickupDirectory, which can be set to the applicable Virtual SMTP site's mail folder path.

virenderpratap,

while recoding the application sounds like lots of fun this is something that was working before.

if you could show me a code example of what you mean by I'll try it.

This is what I have now...

<%
Set objCDOMailDNC = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
objCDOMailDNC.From = "Sender"
objCDOMailDNC.To = strToSend
objCDOMailDNC.Subject = "Subject"
objCDOMailDNC.Send
%>

ofcourse ur code is fine but the thing is it will only work, where we have Default website only...

Here is sample Code which shows  how to use CDO fields ...and send message..(VBScript)

Dim iMsg
Dim iConf
Dim Flds
Set iMsg = CreateObject("CDO.Message")

Set iConf = iMsg.Configuration
Set Flds = iConf.Fields
Flds(cdoPostUsingMethod) = cdoPostUsingPickup
Flds(cdoSendUsingMethod) = cdoSendUsingPickup
Flds(cdoSMTPServerPickupDirectory) = "c:\inetpub\mailroot\pickup"
Flds(cdoPostUserReplyEmailAddress) = "something@drishinfo.com"
Flds(cdoPostEmailAddress)          = "something@drishinfo.com"
Flds(cdoSendUserReplyEmailAddress) = "something@drishinfo.com"
Flds(cdoSendEmailAddress)          = "something@drishinfo.com"
Flds(cdoAutoPromoteBodyParts)      = False
Flds(cdoFlushBuffersOnWrite)       = True

Flds.Update

Set Flds = Nothing

With iMsg
   .From         = "something@drishinfo.com"
   .CC           = "somethingOther@drishinfo.com"
   .Subject      = "Your lights are on, but no one is home"
   .TextBody     = "You left your lights on this morning."
   .Newsgroups   = "somewhere.general"

   ' Here, we post the message
   If g_bDebug Then
     MsgBox .GetStream.ReadText
   Else
    .Post
   End If

   ' Now, we ready the message for SMTP
   .To            = "SomeoneElse@Somewhere.drishinfo.com"
   
' Request an Mail Disposition Notification from Recipients
   .Fields(cdoDispositionNotificationTo) = "me@drishinfo.com"
   .Fields.Update

   If g_bDebug Then
     MsgBox .GetStream.ReadText
   Else
    .Send
   End If

End With
' ...
Set iMsg = Nothing

I get an error on

Flds(cdoPostUsingMethod) = cdoPostUsingPickup


Error Type:
ADODB.Fields (0x800A0BB9)
Arguments are of the wrong type, are out of acceptable range, or are in conflict with one another.
/fmt/mailtest.asp, line 65

any feedback on this issue.  I've still not got it resolved.

I got this resolved.  I had to add full permissions for Everyone and System on the Mailroot Directory and all its subdirectories.  Once I did that everything worked as I had originally configured and scripted it.

I'll be requesting this question to be deleted but I appreciate the effort.

Close seems like a good idea vs a delete as this could probably help someone else.

thanks for leaving it up... just solved the same problem for me! Too bad I didn't find it 7 hours ago :)