Comsoltech® Incorporated
Summary
This article and ASP script shows how to send email in ASP page, using CDONTS
component which comes with Microsoft IIS server in an easy and simple way.
Applies To
Active Server Pages (.ASP) envinronment using Windows NT Server, 2000 Server
running IIS 4.0, 5.0 or beyond.
Contents
There are several ways you can send email from your ASP environment. The simplest,
and affordable way is to use Microsoft's own CDONTS mail component that comes
with Microsoft IIS 4.0 or better.
If your web site is hosted by some other companies that you don't have access
to the server directly, and they do not have CDONTS component installed, then
ask your ISP whether they can install this component.
For article on how to send email using third party email component (using JMail
component), go to this article.
here's the HTML file that contains initial form, and ASP script that sends the
actual email. (No error checking for simplicity.)
| mailform.htm |
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<html>
<form method=post action=sendmail.asp>
From email: <input type=text name=sender><br>
To email: <input type=text name=receiver><br>
Subject:
<input type=text name=subject><br>
Body:
<textarea name=body></textarea><br>
<input type=submit>
</form>
</html>
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| sendmail.asp |
set
mail=server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
mail.From= Request("sender") ' like
my.email.addr@comsoltech.com
mail.To = Request("receiver") ' like
john.doe@comsoltech.com
mail.Subject = Request("subject")
mail.Body = Request("body")
mail.BodyFormat = 0 ' 0 = HTML, 1 = Plain
mail.MailFormat = 1 ' 0 = MIME, 1 = Text
mail.Importance = 1 ' 0 =High, 1 = Medium, 2
= Low
mail.attachFile ("c:\images\mypicture.gif") '
you can also attach files
mail.Send
set mail=nothing |
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Good luck, and
happy programming!
Comsoltech® Inc
http://www.comsoltech.com
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