Send mail in c++ Query

[sai14]

Hi All ,

Can anyone help me reagrding MAPI send mail logic.


I am supposed to get the SMTP server name from an ini file and have to send a mail through this server name.
The syntax for getting the server name is :

mapird.lpszAddr ess = "<server name>";
Quotes are required here

it should fetch the server name from an ini file.this is wat i gave in the ini file:

SMTP Server Name=SMTP:yourn [e-mail].i n

I fetched the SMTP:yourname@d omain.co.in part from the ini file and stored it in a variable named str using VC++.Now i called this variable str like given below:

mapird.lpszAddr ess =str;

This gives me a error like this:

error C2679: binary '=' : no operator defined which takes a right-hand operand of type 'class std::basic_stri ng<char,struct std::char_trait s<char>,class std::allocator< char> >


Please help me what to do.Im writing a code to send a mail from VC++.also let me know if i can find any other code where i dont have to hardcode the server name.

Thanks a lot in advance

[weaknessforcats]

Do you #include <string> in your code??? If you are, I will need to see a piece of your code.

As to the hard-coded server name, use a conficuration file that you can create with a text editor and read the file to get the server path. There should be no hard-coded paths in youre program.

[sai14]

Do you #include <string> in your code??? If you are, I will need to see a piece of your code.

As to the hard-coded server name, use a conficuration file that you can create with a text editor and read the file to get the server path. There should be no hard-coded paths in youre program.

Hi..Thanks for replying.

I had already included #include <string> in my code and created a ini file to read.The follwing pasted is a part of the code:

MapiRecipDesc mapird;
mapird.ulReserv ed = 0;
mapird.ulRecipC lass = MAPI_TO;
mapird.lpszName = "Team";
mapird.lpszAddr ess = "SMTP:yourname@ domain.com";
mapird.ulEIDSiz e = 0;
mapird.lpEntryI D = NULL;


in this : mapird.lpszAddr ess = "SMTP:yourname@ domain.com"; I have to enter the SMTP name here.This is not flexible. so i created an .ini file and wrote the following in that.

[SERVICE]
SMTP Server Name=SMTP:yourn [e-mail]

i fetched the SMTP Server name in the ini file by writing this c++ code.
if (c1==2)
{
str1=line.subst r(17,36)
}

It fetches SMPT:yourname@d omain.com and stores it in a variable str1. now how do i call the contents of the variable in this:
mapird.lpszAddr ess = str1; ??????? it gives error. and if i put Quotes it reads the contents in the quotes.

[weaknessforcats]

I'm guessing that this:

mapird.lpszAddr ess = str1;

should really be:

mapird.lpszAddr ess = str1.c_str();

The c_str() method on string returns the contents off the string as a C string. In the Microsoft world an lpzAddress variable means "long pointer to a string terminated by zero", which is a C string.

[sai14]

I'm guessing that this:

mapird.lpszAddr ess = str1;

should really be:

mapird.lpszAddr ess = str1.c_str();

The c_str() method on string returns the contents off the string as a C string. In the Microsoft world an lpzAddress variable means "long pointer to a string terminated by zero", which is a C string.

Thanks a lot..it works....