Re: Unable to send email from VFP

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Is Possible your router is blocking mail traffic ?
try to telnet into your mail server from cmd prompt - ie
telnet mailservername.com 25
(25 is the smtp port number, near as I recall)

If if times out, you got problems.
If it doesn't time out, you've got the settings wrong on the software that
yer writing.

Possible Problems:
1. workstation blocks/traps smtp traffic, refuses to send it out, doesn't
give you any dialog.
2. mailerver.com mailserver name doesn't resolve because you don't have dns
setup properly (rare).
3. Port is blocked at router
4. Port is blocked by ISP

remember that aerror() thingie? have it fire on any error in yer email pgm,
study the output.
IF ALL YOU ARE GETTING IS A TIMEOUT, and nothing else, then Refer to the
'Possible Problems' listed above.

Regards [Bill]

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William Sanders / EFG VFP / mySql / MS-SQL
www.efgroup.net/vfpwebhosting
www.terrafox.net www.viasqlserver.net

"Zoom" <keashdoc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I am trying to send email via VFP. I have tried ASPEMAIL and various
other
components. In the home machine (running Windows XP SP2), I can
successfully send emails via VFP. However, at all the work computers
(also
runing the same OS), NONE of the email solutions for VFP work. ASPEMAIL
times out and the CDO object cannot connect to server. We don't have any
firewalls or other packet blocking software running.

I was wondering if someone could provide a solution as to why all the
emails
at work computer are not able to go thru. We are a small business and
have
our own router and not going thru any corporate mainframe.

Thanks

Zoom





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