CDO's SMTP connection - Do I need active internet connection? 1

[vaxman9]

Greetings all,

I use WWIPSTUFF for sending emails via SMTP. This isn't a problem at the office because I manage the company mail server as well so I have a SMTP server available.

However, I have remote users that are not always connected to the internet. To handle their email, I place the message in the Outlook Outbox for sending when they connect. As I upgrade them past Outlook 2000, these users are getting the warning now. I was looking at using CDO. Based on what I am reading in these forums, I believe these remote user will need a SMTP server of some type for CDO to send thru. I've read that CDO can use the local SMTP service on the XP and WIN2K machines.

My question is this - with the SMTP service installed on a XP or Win2K client, do these machine need to have an active internet connection for CDO to work? Or will the local SMTP service store the messages until the client machines connect?

Thanks,
matt

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Most likely, yes, but I would suggest you check the setting on the SMTP service, to change certain settings like 'expiry time out', and perhaps the intervals between the tries.

Mike Gagnon

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[Mike Gagnon]

Update.
I did a test with my own system, using 4 simple lines of code. First I disconnected from the network.

o = CREATEOBJECT('cdo.message')
o.from = 'me@suntelecom.net'
o.to = 'me@suntelecom.net'
o.subject = 'hello'
o.send()

I came back to my system after 10 minutes, reconnected to the network and exactly 15 minutes after sending the message, I received (which is the setting on my SMTP service for the first retry).




Mike Gagnon

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[vaxman9]

Mike,

Thanks for the leg work. One additional question - you spend so much time answering questions here, when do you get any work done? ;-)

Thanks again,
matt

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Thanks for the leg work. One additional question - you spend so much time answering questions here, when do you get any work done?

Actually, answering, reading and researching answers in these forums help me greatly in my own work. I have learnt a lot just reading about other techniques posted by others. Adn I guess I don't sleep as much as most people.



Mike Gagnon

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