Posting this topic out of my frustration.

I have been trying to send out emails from my local test server using CDONTS, but always to no avail, I am pretty sure that the smtp service for IIS 5 (Windows 2000) is set up correctly. The problem is that the email seems to have sent out successfully on the background, no error message from IIS at all, but when checking on the smtp root folder, the mail is always stuck in the queue mail folder and after several tries, the mail is sent to the bad mail folder. When the script is uploaded on the remote server i.e the hosting company, everything runs fine. The reason why I need this to work is because we have a web-based application in the office and the user need to send email directly from the web form to the customer. Internet connection is always available. Port is set to 25.

Can anyone enlighten me on the problem? Could the ISP company been bloacking the port 25? What other alternative can I used?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
lonetree

Did you make sure the service is not stoped?? in your IIS control panel??

Is the remote host on the same ISP as your internet connection?

When i test locally i set server name to my normal isp mail server and when i upload it to remote server i have to change it to the hosts mail server.

Dave

ASP|VBScript|IIS5.1|Access|WinXPPro & WinXPHome

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Is the remote host on the same ISP as your internet connection?

When i test locally i set server name to my normal isp mail server and when i upload it to remote server i have to change it to the hosts mail server.

Dave

ASP|VBScript|IIS5.1|Access|WinXPPro & WinXPHome
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I've been trying to resolve this one myself... for months! I work on a corporate intranet and need to use CDONTS for staff to be able to mail info through a simple web form.

All my research lead me to believe that you need to relay the messages to an Exchange server in order for it to be mailed?!? When using the SMPT service in IIS5 I also had messages in the queue mail folder.

Would also appreciate any advice on this one...

DMX | ASP | VBScript | ACCESS | IIS5

I have seen emails being sent using CDONTS without the presence of an exchange server. Just can't understand why it won't work.