Send email form problem

[Bruce W.1]

I'm new to ASP (but not ASP.NET) and I'm trying to setup a simple ASP
web form to send an email to me. So I try this code:
http://www.library.unr.edu/subjects/guides/mailplay.asp

I upload the web page file to my hosting company, which is running
Windows 2000, and I get this error message:

CDO.Message.1 error '80040220'
The "SendUsing" configuration value is invalid.
/mailplay.asp, line 63

FYI, line 63 is:
objMail.Send

So now I'm confused.

I assume that my hosting company has all the latest microsoft updates.
I'm not sure if it's using CDONTS, CDO, or CDOSYS. On these I'm also a
little confused.

I'd feel better if I specified the SMTP server, but I guess CDO takes
care of this right?

Can anyone tell me what's wrong here?

Thanks for your help.

[Jeff Cochran]

On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 16:08:18 -0400, "Bruce W.1" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

I'm new to ASP (but not ASP.NET) and I'm trying to setup a simple ASP
web form to send an email to me. So I try this code:
http://www.library.unr.edu/subjects/guides/mailplay.asp

I upload the web page file to my hosting company, which is running
Windows 2000, and I get this error message:

CDO.Message.1 error '80040220'
The "SendUsing" configuration value is invalid.
/mailplay.asp, line 63

FYI, line 63 is:
objMail.Send

So now I'm confused.
So are we. :)

The line in question generated the error because a previous line has
an error. Use Response.Write to write out the message parameters for
your configuration.
I assume that my hosting company has all the latest microsoft updates.
I assume that you won't have to assume if you ask.
I'm not sure if it's using CDONTS, CDO, or CDOSYS. On these I'm also a
little confused.
The script is CDO.SYS (CDO is the same thing...). If your host isn't
using it, then neither can you. Ask them.
I'd feel better if I specified the SMTP server, but I guess CDO takes
care of this right?
No, you need to specify the server if you're not using the default
SMTP service on the server the script runs on. Or a different method,
defined in the SendUsing field.
Can anyone tell me what's wrong here?

You didn't contact your ISP and ask them what methods they had
available to send email. :)

The SendUsing field is basically the method CDO uses to send the
message. It could be dropped in a pickup folder, the default if you
have a default SMTP server, or sent over a port number to a non-local
SMTP server, specified in the SMTPServer field.

You'll need to contact your ISP to see what they use for sending mail
from a web page, it won't do you any good to test configs until you
have theuir settings/process.

Jeff