EMail script fails from Server 2008 only

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Hi there,
I've been struggling with this problem for 2 months, the Microsoft Partner
group pointed me here. It feels like a simple problem, but clearly not.

Basically I have a script that sends emails after backup jobs complete. On
any server 2003 machine the script works fine.

If I run it from a server 2008 machine I get a logon box which comes from
our Exchange 2007 server at the office. If I leave this blank and hit
'cancel', then the email works so it obviously picks up the authentication
information from my script.

If I hit "OK" at the popup box then the script fails. I believe that this is
because the blank values in the authentication box overwrite the
authentication values in the script.

Here is my pretty basic script

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Const cdoSendUsingPickup = 1 'Send message using the local SMTP service
pickup directory.
Const cdoSendUsingPort = 2 'Send the message using the network (SMTP over
the network).

Const cdoAnonymous = 0 'Do not authenticate
Const cdoBasic = 1 'basic (clear-text) authentication
Const cdoNTLM = 2 'NTLM

Set objMessage = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
objMessage.Subject = "Email script"
objMessage.From = "backupreport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
objMessage.To = "me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
objMessage.TextBody = "Test Email"

'==This section provides the configuration information for the remote SMTP
server.

objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing";) = 2

'Name or IP of Remote SMTP Server
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver";) =
"mail.domainname.co.uk"

'Type of authentication, NONE, Basic (Base64 encoded), NTLM
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate";) = cdoNTLM

'Your UserID on the SMTP server
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername";) =
"backupreport"

'Your password on the SMTP server
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword";) = "password"

'Server port (typically 25)
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport";) = 25

'Use SSL for the connection (False or True)
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl";) = False

'Connection Timeout in seconds (the maximum time CDO will try to establish a
connection to the SMTP server)
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpconnectiontimeout";) = 60

objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Update

'==End remote SMTP server configuration section==

objMessage.Send

==========================================

Can anyone please help with this?

.

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