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sending email in vb.net

I am using

Imports System.Web.Mail

but when a user with 98 tries to run my program it gives an error stating:

This operation requires Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP.

Is there a fix for this problem. Meaning something I need to download on a 98 pc or does this mean I have to go back to the old outlook com way

j_gardiner

Are you specifing a mail server or loacalhost?

SmtpMail.SmtpServer="localhost"

If they don't have a mail server running it won't run. You may be able to specify remote mail server.

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Éric Moreau

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bman9111

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this is my code

Dim Mail As MailMessage
Try
Mail = New MailMessage
Mail .BodyFormat = MailFormat.Text
Mail .From = "from@aol.com
Mail .To = "user@aol.com"
Mail .Subject = "Email"
Mail .Body = "Hello"
SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "192.168.0.102"
SmtpMail.Send(Mail )
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1)
End Try

Éric Moreau

It will not work on Win98!

Éric Moreau

From the .Net help file

Requirements
Namespace: System.Web.Mail

Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family

Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

bman9111

ASKER

ok that is what I thought, just wanted to check to see If I might have done something wrong. I guess I will have to go back to the outlook com way. Thanks

Éric Moreau

give a try to FreeSMTP. You will have other problems with Outlook ( a confirmation message box will need to be acknowledge everytime you will send an e-mail).