Where to write CDO code? 1

[Trusts]

Hi,
I have often built custom solutions in the 'ThisOutlookSession" module in Outlook. I have a request to take an app I wrote and make it more general to run on Exchange. I am not sure if the manager who made this request quite understands the architecture.

Is there a programming environment somewhere within the Exchange management screens( or elsewhere in Exchange) where code is written?

I only know to write within Outlook.

Thanks for any guidance!

KB

 

[markdmac]

Would help if you could give an idea of what you plan to do.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[Trusts]

I have code that looks at incoming mail. If there is an email with an attachement, the attachement is stored to a dedicated directory (other processing uses the attachment). The purpose behind this is to get the user out of the middle of having to save the attachment. We are setting up a dedicated email address for the weekly attachment to be sent to (currently it is sent to the CFO).

By my take, using code in the dedicated Outlook account is sufficient - and it works. But my boss who is all agaga on server stuff, thought I should port it to Exchange, perhaps with the idea of applying to a set of email accounts, or passing the particular email account into the routine. (Never got that far in the discussion). Therefore my question back to -- where to put code in Exchange?

Thanks,
KB

 

[markdmac]

Sounds to me like you would want to add a dll that does some kind of SMTP filtering based on an event sink.

Regretfully I can't offer more assistance.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[xmsre]

That's an SMTP transport event sink. You could write one in vbs, however the performance will likely be unacceptable in all but the smallest environments. VB or C++ in a dedicaded dll would be better. Scott Landry once wrote a few event sinks, you could probably find the source on MSDN.