Send a mail with PHP ASP or Java 2

7 Apr 2006

Okay in my earlier article I explained how a mail can be sent using PHP, continuing with the second part I am now going to explain how an email can be sent using ASP

Sending a email with ASP is also as simple as sending it with PHP. ASP also has an inbuilt object that can be used to send a mail.

'Function used to send a mail
'@param strToEmail, strFromEmail, strCCEmail, strBCCEmail, strSubject, strBody of the email
Function sendMail(strToEmail, strFromEmail, strCCEmail, strBCCEmail, strSubject, strBody)

   Dim Cdonts, eStr
   Set Cdonts = Server.CreateObject("CDonts.Newmail")
   Cdonts.To = strToEmail
   Cdonts.CC = strCCEmail
   Cdonts.BCC = strCCEmail
   Cdonts.From = strFromEmail

   Cdonts.Subject = strSubject

   Cdonts.BodyFormat=0 'set format to html
   Cdonts.MailFormat=0 'set format to html

   Cdonts.Body = strBody

   Cdonts.Send ' send the mail

   If err.Number <> 0 Then
       sendMail = False
       'Response.write "Failed sending the mail"
   Else
       sendMail = True
       'Response.write "Success sending the mail"
   End If
End Function 'end sendMail

Here is the explanation for the above code

Set Cdonts = Server.CreateObject("CDonts.Newmail")

This creates a reference to the the inbuilt object CDonts.Newmail which will be used to send the email

Cdonts.To = strToEmail
Cdonts.CC = strCCEmail
Cdonts.BCC = strBCCEmail
Cdonts.From = strFromEmail
Cdonts.Subject = strSubject

Set the to, from, cc, bcc and subject headers for the email

Cdonts.BodyFormat=0 'set format to html

Set the body format for the mail to html, this will allow you to use html tags in your email

Cdonts.MailFormat=0 'set format to html

Sets the format of the email to html

Cdonts.Body = strBody

Sets the body of the email

Cdonts.Send ' send the mail

Finally now send an email.

Thats it done with the email sending. Note you will require the CDonts.dll to send a email, you can find that easily by doing a google search with the term cdonts.dll downloads.If anyone is interested in the tutorial for Java, just leave a message, i will write up now or else please wait till i do it.

Additional note, Microsoft has decontinued the Cdonts technology but you can still use it by registering the dll.

Technorati Tags: send email, cdonts, asp mail