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KenB
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Posted: 10 July 2007 at 6:43am | IP Logged Quote KenB
Hi,

I thought this product is used when a SMTP server/service is not available. Is that incorrect?

The line:

.ServerName = "mail.server.com"

... I thought referenced an internal function of the dll, but apparantly not. If SMTP is still needed externally, what is the purpose of this product? Or how can I make it work without external SMTP??

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KB
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Alex
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Posted: 10 July 2007 at 8:02am | IP Logged Quote Alex
All mail protocols (including SMTP) are client-server protocols. To send a message, you need an SMTP server (can be located anywhere) and an SMTP client (must reside on the local computer you're sending email from).

MailBee SMTP is an SMTP client which allows your applications to send emails to SMTP servers.

But having SMTP server is a must. It's not a limitation of any kind, it's a natural thing because you cannot send a mail anywhere else except that to SMTP server.

For instance, if you send to someone@hotmail.com, you actually send to hotmail's SMTP server (you can send through a number of gateways in the middle but in the end it arrives to the final destination - hotmail's SMTP service).

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Alex
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