Hello jerry
I was once in the same situation, ( had a user base of 20.000 throughout
europe ) and tried everything however none of them were actually
guaranteed to work ( relaying prohibited by the provider etc etc )
however the solution was verry simple , just create a webservice that
accepts your messages over HTTP now you can send the message even directly
to a database and group them by categorie , or you can even send response
messages back to the cutomer from your own server by e-mail or as a response
from your webservice .
This system can always work even if the customer is behind a proxy server
the only thing they need is an internet connection
i implemented such a system with success
so if you have anny follow up questions be my guest :-)
regards
Michel
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>I am trying, without much luck, to find help in implementing an SMTP
server/relay program from VB2005.
My company produces software to go on customer's PCs. I am trying to
implement email fault reporting back to our support centre, but cannot
assume that the customer has an email account.
I have found several examples showing how to send SMTP, but it always
assumes you are sending to a known SMTP server. It's that actual SMTP
server/relay that I am trying to implement.
Thanks
-Jerry