Re: how do I send mail

From: Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP] (jmaltz_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/02/05 

Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 22:03:46 -0500

Hi,

A quick search lead me to:
http://rtfm.atrax.co.uk/infinitemonkeys/articles/perl-win32/995.asp

Which shows you how to take care of the actual sending part, but requires
some Perl knowledge. Let me know if you're looking for a more complete
solution 

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"J. C." <justremovevmjrc@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:uwR7$tsHFHA.2784@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I'm looking to use either a CGI script or Perl.  These are the only ones 
> I've found that's free, but they require that I configure them to point to 
> a "SENDMAIL" program on my server.  That's where I'm stuck. ;-(
>
> "Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]" <jmaltz@mvps.org> wrote in message 
> news:%239KUSKsHFHA.2924@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> That depends - what programming language are you looking for the scripts 
>> to be in?  Generally, you don't need an EXE to send it, most web-based 
>> programming languages work to give an SMTP the message without EXEs
>>
>> -- 
>> --Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - IIS, Virtual PC]
>> http://www.visualwin.com - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
>> tutorial site :-)
>> http://vpc.visualwin.com - Does <insert OS name> work on VPC 2004?  Find 
>> out here
>> Only reply by newsgroup.  I do not do technical support via email.  Any 
>> emails I have not authorized are deleted before I see them.
>>
>>
>> "J. C." <justremovevmjrc@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
>> news:%23LJ7BIsHFHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> I'm going to host my site on my IIS 6.0, but I want to create a Form 
>>> that will email me the information once the user hits the Submit button. 
>>> I know that I can download scripts (formmail.pl) that would take care of 
>>> gathering the form information, but how do I actually accomplish getting 
>>> the email to my inbox?  I think the scripts need some kind of mail 
>>> sending program.  At any rate, a link or detailed instructions would be 
>>> nice.  If you need more information, please let me know.  Thanks in 
>>> advance.
>>>
>>
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