problems with mail (CDONTS)

[Alistair]

can anyone see why this wouldn't work...it's driving me nuts

Set objcdmail = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
objcdmail.From = "[e-mail]"
objcdmail.To = "[e-mail]"
objcdmail.Subject = "test"
objcdmail.Body = "testing"
objcdmail.send
Set objcdmail = Nothing

I have copied this from another page that I have. The original page takes
the details from a form on another page, so the results above are all
request.form("whatever") etc, and the original works!!

but if I try to put fixed values in as above it fails to work and I can't
see why??

I've even tried a response.write to check the values..and they look right,
but no mail is sent

I'm running win XP pro but have taken the CDONTS.DLL from my win 2000 pc and
done the regsv32 etc etc

maybe I should try to use CDOSYS but

a) I haven't a clue how and so
b) I copied a script directly from a help page which didn;'t work either!!
c) the eventual host server is running NT4

[Ray at]

"Alistair" <news@*remove*alistairb.co.uk> wrote in message
news:vv************@corp.supernews.com...

can anyone see why this wouldn't work...it's driving me nuts

Set objcdmail = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
objcdmail.From = "[e-mail]"
objcdmail.To = "[e-mail]"
objcdmail.Subject = "test"
objcdmail.Body = "testing"
objcdmail.send
Set objcdmail = Nothing

I have copied this from another page that I have. The original page takes
the details from a form on another page, so the results above are all
request.form("whatever") etc, and the original works!!

but if I try to put fixed values in as above it fails to work and I can't
see why??

I've even tried a response.write to check the values..and they look right,
but no mail is sent
If you aren't getting an ASP error returned, then your problem is not within
your code. It is something else, like your SMTP service is not running,
your SMTP server does not allow relaying from your machine or to that
domain, or you have an invalid e-mail header. Take a look at the event logs
on your machine for some hints. Also browse around \inetpub\mailroot\* and
look at files in a text editor like notepad and see if you see your e-mails
in any of those folders.


I'm running win XP pro but have taken the CDONTS.DLL from my win 2000 pc and done the regsv32 etc etc

Why?

Ray at work

[TIMA]

Maybe you could take the time to tell us what the error message is?

sheesh

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"Alistair" <news@*remove*alistairb.co.uk> wrote in message
news:vv************@corp.supernews.com...

can anyone see why this wouldn't work...it's driving me nuts

Set objcdmail = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
objcdmail.From = "[e-mail]"
objcdmail.To = "[e-mail]"
objcdmail.Subject = "test"
objcdmail.Body = "testing"
objcdmail.send
Set objcdmail = Nothing

I have copied this from another page that I have. The original page takes the details from a form on another page, so the results above are all
request.form("whatever") etc, and the original works!!

but if I try to put fixed values in as above it fails to work and I can't see why??

I've even tried a response.write to check the values..and they look right, but no mail is sent
If you aren't getting an ASP error returned, then your problem is not

within your code. It is something else, like your SMTP service is not running,
your SMTP server does not allow relaying from your machine or to that
domain, or you have an invalid e-mail header. Take a look at the event logs on your machine for some hints. Also browse around \inetpub\mailroot\* and look at files in a text editor like notepad and see if you see your e-mails in any of those folders.

I'm running win XP pro but have taken the CDONTS.DLL from my win 2000 pc

and

done the regsv32 etc etc

Why?

Ray at work

[Ray at]

It sounds to me that there is no error message. So, chances are the e-mail
is getting created and dropped in the pickup folder just fine, and the
problem lies within the SMTP service, mail relaying restrictions,
unacceptable mail header, or some other issue along those lines.

Ray at work

"TIMA" <TI**@asdfasdf.com> wrote in message
news:ur**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Maybe you could take the time to tell us what the error message is?

sheesh

"Ray at <%=sLocation%>" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

"Alistair" <news@*remove*alistairb.co.uk> wrote in message
news:vv************@corp.supernews.com...

can anyone see why this wouldn't work...it's driving me nuts

Set objcdmail = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
objcdmail.From = "[e-mail]"
objcdmail.To = "[e-mail]"
objcdmail.Subject = "test"
objcdmail.Body = "testing"
objcdmail.send
Set objcdmail = Nothing

I have copied this from another page that I have. The original page takes the details from a form on another page, so the results above are all
request.form("whatever") etc, and the original works!!

but if I try to put fixed values in as above it fails to work and I can't see why??

I've even tried a response.write to check the values..and they look right, but no mail is sent

If you aren't getting an ASP error returned, then your problem is not

within

your code. It is something else, like your SMTP service is not running,
your SMTP server does not allow relaying from your machine or to that
domain, or you have an invalid e-mail header. Take a look at the event

logs

on your machine for some hints. Also browse around \inetpub\mailroot\*

and

look at files in a text editor like notepad and see if you see your

e-mails

in any of those folders.

I'm running win XP pro but have taken the CDONTS.DLL from my win 2000

pc and

done the regsv32 etc etc

Why?

Ray at work

[Alistair]

"Ray at <%=sLocation%>" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message
news:O5**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

It sounds to me that there is no error message. So, chances are the e-mail is getting created and dropped in the pickup folder just fine, and the
problem lies within the SMTP service, mail relaying restrictions,
unacceptable mail header, or some other issue along those lines.

yup, you're right..no error messages but....

following your advice I looked around the mailroot folder and I have a few
in badmail, a whole stack in drop and quite a few in queue.

don't know why this is but for the moment I wont worry about it. The script
works fine when uploaded to some webspace. Just means I spent hours looking
for a fault that never existed.

thanks anyway