Help with sendmail command

[hectorxu]

When I had a look at the sendmail command, the comment says that the smtp need to be addressable, what does this mean?<br>
(newbie to cobol+web, have a pc connected to ISP via dialup, have full admin rights.. and need to write a program to do emailing invoice...)<br>
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Cheers<br>
Hec

 

[mattdean]

hectorxu,<br>
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The Deskware COBOL SENDMAIL command will not work for all email addresses. This problem has been resolved with the new version of CobolScript TM. <br>
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Example of CobolScript application with SENDMAIL command:<br>
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http://www.cobolscript.com/cgi-bin/cobol.exe?email.cbl<br>

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Example of CobolScript SENDMAIL code:<br>
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http://www.cobolscript.com/cgi-bin/cobol.exe?-hlisting+email.cbl<br>

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The problem with the Deskware COBOL SENDMAIL command is that it assumes that the domain name of the email address is also the SMTP server. This is not always the case. For example: An email to dean@deskware.com will work with the Deskware COBOL SENDMAIL command because deskware.com's SMTP is deskware.com. If it were mail.deskware.com, then an email to dean@deskware.com would not work properly. <br>
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This problem has been resolved in the CobolScript product. CobolScript is a much improved version of Deskware COBOL. It will be available very soon. Other sample applications can be found at

http://www.cobolscript.com/cgi-bin/cobol.exe?samples.cbl<br>

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Best Regards,<br>
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Matt Dean<br>
dean@deskware.com<br>
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