sending email from a vb.net app

[Al Guten]

Hi,

Is there a way to send an email from a vb.net app that will work with Windows
98. I am familiar with SmtpMail, but as I understand it only works on Windows
2000, XP pro platforms.

Thanks!

-Al

[David A. Rothgery]

Al Guten <agut3@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to send an email from a vb.net app that will work with Windows
> 98. I am familiar with SmtpMail, but as I understand it only works on Windows
> 2000, XP pro platforms.

I think you'd need to get a 3rd-party mail component, write your own
using the System.Net classes, or script Outlook via COM interop (not
hard, but may not work everywhere).

--
Dave Rothgery
Picking nits since 1976
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[Al Guten]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the reply! I would like to write the code myself. Which class
under System.Net will send email? I was using System.Web.Mail, but that is
limited to Win 2000.

Thanks!

Al

David A. Rothgery <drothgery@alum.wpi.edu> wrote:
>Al Guten <agut3@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there a way to send an email from a vb.net app that will work with
Windows
>> 98. I am familiar with SmtpMail, but as I understand it only works on
Windows
>> 2000, XP pro platforms.
>
>I think you'd need to get a 3rd-party mail component, write your own
>using the System.Net classes, or script Outlook via COM interop (not
>hard, but may not work everywhere).
>
>--
>Dave Rothgery
>Picking nits since 1976
>drothgery@alum.wpi.edu
>http://drothgery.editthispage.com

[David Rothgery]

None will directly, and you may have to resort to the API in places. Writing
a good mail component isn't easy; if it were, Zane wouldn't be able to make
money selling one. That's why it's the 'very hard way' of doing this; it's a
lot easier to buy a component from someone.

You'll have to read up on the SMTP protocol, and then implement it via
System.Net.


--
Dave Rothgery
drothgery@alum.wpi.edu

"Al Guten" <agut3@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3d0a1b2e$1@10.1.10.29...
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> Thanks for the reply! I would like to write the code myself. Which class
> under System.Net will send email? I was using System.Web.Mail, but that is
> limited to Win 2000.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Al
>
> David A. Rothgery <drothgery@alum.wpi.edu> wrote:
> >Al Guten <agut3@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Is there a way to send an email from a vb.net app that will work with
> Windows
> >> 98. I am familiar with SmtpMail, but as I understand it only works on
> Windows
> >> 2000, XP pro platforms.
> >
> >I think you'd need to get a 3rd-party mail component, write your own
> >using the System.Net classes, or script Outlook via COM interop (not
> >hard, but may not work everywhere).
> >
> >--
> >Dave Rothgery
> >Picking nits since 1976
> >drothgery@alum.wpi.edu
> >http://drothgery.editthispage.com
>

[Zane Thomas]

On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 10:34:59 -0700, "David Rothgery"
<drothgery@alum.wpi.edu> wrote:

>Writing a good mail component isn't easy

Writing a simple usable SMTP component, the source for which several of
which can be found on the net, isn't too tough.

It gets tougher if you want to handle timeouts.

And it gets tougher if you want to handle the email address specification
correctly.

And it gets a lot tougher if you want to create mime-compliant messages so
that attachments can be created and sent.


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