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ASP uses CDOSYS to send e-mail

CDOSYS is a built-in component in ASP. This component is used to send e-mail via ASP.


Use CDOSYS to send e-mail

CDO (Collaboration Data Objects) is a Microsoft technology, designed to simplify the creation of communications applications.

CDOSYS is a built-in component in ASP. We'll show you how to use the component ASP to send email.

CDONTs how?

Microsoft has Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003 are eliminated CDONTs. If you already use CDONTs your ASP application, you'll need to update your code, and use the new CDO technology.

Example of CDOSYS

Send e-mail text:

<%
Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO"
myMail.From="[email protected]"
myMail.To="[email protected]"
myMail.TextBody="This is a message."
myMail.Send
set myMail=nothing
%>

Send text email with Bcc and CC fields:

<%
Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO"
myMail.From="[email protected]"
myMail.To="[email protected]"
myMail.Bcc="[email protected]"
myMail.Cc="[email protected]"
myMail.TextBody="This is a message."
myMail.Send
set myMail=nothing
%>

Send HTML e-mail:

<%
Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO"
myMail.From="[email protected]"
myMail.To="[email protected]"
myMail.HTMLBody = "<h1>This is a message.</h1>"
myMail.Send
set myMail=nothing
%>

Send a content of a page of a site's HTML e-mail:

<%
Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO"
myMail.From="[email protected]"
myMail.To="[email protected]"
myMail.CreateMHTMLBody "http://www.w3cschool.cc/asp/"
myMail.Send
set myMail=nothing
%>

Send a content of a page on your computer in a file in HTML e-mail:

<%
Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO"
myMail.From="[email protected]"
myMail.To="[email protected]"
myMail.CreateMHTMLBody "file://c:/mydocuments/test.htm"
myMail.Send
set myMail=nothing
%>

Send text email with attachments:

<%
Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO"
myMail.From="[email protected]"
myMail.To="[email protected]"
myMail.TextBody="This is a message."
myMail.AddAttachment "c:mydocumentstest.txt"
myMail.Send
set myMail=nothing
%>

Use a remote server to send an e-mail text:

<%
Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO"
myMail.From="[email protected]"
myMail.To="[email protected]"
myMail.TextBody="This is a message."
myMail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing")=2
'Name or IP of remote SMTP server
myMail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver")="smtp.server.com"
'Server port
myMail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport")=25
myMail.Configuration.Fields.Update
myMail.Send
set myMail=nothing
%>