Article ID: 286430
Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects 2.0
- Collaboration Data Objects for Exchange 2000
This article was previously published under Q286430
SUMMARY
This article describes how to send HTML formatted mail through the local pickup directory using CDO for Windows 2000 (CDOSYS) or CDO for Exchange 2000 (CDOEX).
MORE INFORMATION
Create a file called Cdopickup.vbs and paste the following code:
'Send using the Pickup directory on the IIS server. Dim iMsg Dim iConf Dim Flds Dim strHTML Const cdoSendUsingPickup = 1 set iMsg = CreateObject("CDO.Message") set iConf = CreateObject("CDO.Configuration") Set Flds = iConf.Fields With Flds .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = cdoSendUsingPickup ' TODO: Replace <PICKUP DIRECTORY> with path to your pickup directory ' Typically, c:\Inetpub\mailroot\pickup .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverpickupdirectory")="<PICKUP DIRECTORY>" .Update End With ' Build HTML for message body. strHTML = "<HTML>" strHTML = strHTML & "<HEAD>" strHTML = strHTML & "<BODY>" strHTML = strHTML & "<b> This is the test HTML message body</b></br>" strHTML = strHTML & "</BODY>" strHTML = strHTML & "</HTML>" Dim iBP With iMsg Set .Configuration = iConf .To = "alias@domain.com" .From = "youralias@yourdomain.com" .Subject = "This is a test CDOSYS message (Sent via Pickup)" .HTMLBody = strHTML 'TODO: if adding an attachment, 'uncomment the next line and alter file path as required 'Set iBP = iMsg.AddAttachment(App.Path & "\file1.txt") .Send End With ' Clean up variables. Set iBP = Nothing Set iMsg = Nothing Set iConf = Nothing Set Flds = Nothing MsgBox "Mail Sent!"
- Edit the sections of the code that are marked "ToDo".
- Save the file, and then double-click it.
This script generates an HTML formatted message and sends it using the pickup directory.
REFERENCES
For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
286431 How To Send HTML Formatted mail Using CDO for Windows 2000 and a Remote SMTP Service
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