Alias!

[Arpan]

How do I assign an alias to the mandatory "From" parameter while
sending mails using CDONTS? The "From" parameter usually takes the
following form:

<%
Dim objMail
Set objMail=Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NEWMAIL")
objMail.From="ja**@mailserver.com"
objMail.To="gr**@mailserver.com"
........
........
........
%>

i.e. the person receiving the mail (in this case, Greg) will see the
entire e-mail address of the person who has sent the mail (in this
case, Jack) something like....

From: ja**@mailserver.com
.......
.......

How do I use an alias in place of the entire e-mail address? For e.g.
Greg, who is receiving the mail, should see something like

From: Jack
.......
.......

Thanks,

Arpan

[Jeff Cochran]

You don't. This field is a valid email address, not an alias. It's
required to meet RFC.

Jeff
On 27 Sep 2005 18:46:49 -0700, "Arpan" <ar******@hotmail.com> wrote:

How do I assign an alias to the mandatory "From" parameter while
sending mails using CDONTS? The "From" parameter usually takes the
following form:

<%
Dim objMail
Set objMail=Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NEWMAIL")
objMail.From="ja**@mailserver.com"
objMail.To="gr**@mailserver.com"
........
........
........
%>

i.e. the person receiving the mail (in this case, Greg) will see the
entire e-mail address of the person who has sent the mail (in this
case, Jack) something like....

From: ja**@mailserver.com
......
......

How do I use an alias in place of the entire e-mail address? For e.g.
Greg, who is receiving the mail, should see something like

From: Jack
......
......

Thanks,

Arpan

[Arpan]

>>You don't.........

"You don't" or "You can't", Jeff???

Thanks,

Regards,

Arpan

[Brian Staff]

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AFAIK - you must use a valid email address, however it can be code like this:

objfrom = "AnyNameYouWish<ja**@mailserver.com>"

Brian

[Jeff Cochran]

On 29 Sep 2005 08:57:11 -0700, "Arpan" <ar******@hotmail.com> wrote:

You don't.........

"You don't" or "You can't", Jeff???

Well, technically, you can. It just doesn't work. :)

This must be a valid email address. You can specify the user in the
field by using a format similar to:

"User Name<us******@domain.tld>"

You cannot simply use an alias (for one thing, where do you think it
would look up the alias?).

Jeff