problem sending mail from ASP server

[bgs]

i'm trying to send mail from asp server in two ways,

the first uses CDONTS.Newmail:
<%
Dim objCDOMail
Set objCDOMail = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")

objCDOMail.BodyFormat = 1

objCDOMail.Subject="test"
objCDOMail.From="(e-mail address removed)"
objCDOMail.To="(e-mail address removed)"
objCDOMail.Body="this is a test."
objCDOMail.Send
set objCDOMail=nothing
%>

and the second uses CDO.Message:
<%
Dim objCDOMail
Set objCDOMail = CreateObject("CDO.Message")

objCDOMail.Subject="test"
objCDOMail.From="(e-mail address removed)"
objCDOMail.To="(e-mail address removed)"
objCDOMail.TextBody="this is a test."
objCDOMail.Send
set objCDOMail=nothing
%>

i know CDONTS is no longer used, but i had to check it.
when i upload and run these files from the server, nothing happens, no
mail is being sent.
now,
is it a sytax problem?
or perhaps free hosting servers simple don't allow sending mail?


thanks in advance,
bgs

 

[ThatsIT.net.au]

I cant remember the ins and outs of cdonts I haven't used it for a long
time.


But it would probably be easier to use CDO instead.

this example adds a read receipt, but you can take some lines lines out

http://dev.thatsit.net.au/samples/wsh/thatsit/messaging/sendemailwithdelveryreceipt.asp

 

[bgs]

thanks
meanwhile i figured out it didn't work because most of the free-
hosting services simple don't offer SMTP support

 

[Dave Anderson]

...i know CDONTS is no longer used, but i had to check it.
when i upload and run these files from the server, nothing
happens, no mail is being sent.
now,
is it a sytax problem?
or perhaps free hosting servers simple don't allow sending mail?

Or perhaps the server is not running SMTP Services? Or using a non-standard
configuration, which will require you to update objCDOMail.Configuration?

Why don't you ask the hosting company?

 

[bgs]

Or perhaps the server is not running SMTP Services? Or using a non-standard

configuration, which will require you to update objCDOMail.Configuration?

Why don't you ask the hosting company?

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i now know it doesn't offer SMTP support,
now trying to figure out how to use my ISP SMTP server