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CFMAIL - username password

I am using CFMail to send emails

<CFMAIL TO="#form.mailto#"
FROM="#form.mailFrom#"
SUBJECT="#form.subject#">
This message was sent by an
automatic mailer built with CFMAIL:
====================================================
#form.body#
</CFMAIL>

The mail server i am using does not allow relaying. it is exchange type of mail server
Hence using this webpage, i can send emails to the email addresses of this mail server only.
i cannot send emails to mail servers like yahoo hotmail etc. If i specify Username and Password in that CFMAIL tag, i can send email to yahoo hotmail - external servers.

Is there any other way to send emails to external mail servers without typing down username and password in that CFMail tag?

pl help

thanks

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gdemaria

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at999

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i tried that ,
when i check 'Verify mali server Connection' , and hit submit, it does not work - it gives error,

Also when i send email, i get unknownhostexception
Unknown SMTP host:myhost.com; nested exception is: java.net.UnknownHostException: myhost.com

at999

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sorry,
specifying username-password WORKED
but is there any otherway - to specify password, this is like open password to everybody,
can i create an account or
can i set the mail server to grant access to this email account to send email without specifying password

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> but is there any otherway - to specify password, this is like open password to everybody

how many people have access to your CFIDE/administrator ? Only they should be able to see this password.

> can i set the mail server to grant access to this email account to send email without specifying password

depends on the mail server, but I suspect that its all or nothing. You could set a mail server to work without a password but lock it down to accept email relay only from that IP address. But I'm not an email admin, so you should check with yours..

at999

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thanks a lot for the help.

i have added relaying option on the mail server for the ip address and its working now without specifying the password...