Thanks Ted - good advice as always. I'll take a look. Regards
John John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted > Roche > Sent: 19 January 2013 18:56 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CDO Configuration Not Found > > On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 12:36 PM, John Weller <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I have a couple of apps which use CDO to send emails. They work > > perfectly on one machine but not on the other, I get the error message > > Class Definition CDO.Configuration not found. I have to say I am not > > really conversant with CDO, I copied an excellent script from an > > internet page so am at a loss as to where to look. Any suggestions > > gratefully received <g> > > > > > I'm not sure my suggestions will be gratefully received. :) > > Don't do that. CDO ("Collaborative Data Objects" are a COM/ActiveX wrapper > around MAPI, which in turn is a Microsoft-proprietary wrapper around SMTP, > a well-established, well-tested standard for email sending, a Simple Mail > Transfer Protocol. Every time MS decides they don't like the way something > works, they change their interfaces, breaking your software. SMTP, on the > other hand, Just Works (tm). There are a few gotchas with sending mail, > depending on whether the receiving email server requires SSL, > AUTHentication or other handshake protocol, but they can all be tested and > debugged. MAPI, not so much. > > This isn't just theoretical, or an "I Hate Microsoft" screed. Several times, I've > had MS ship "updates" to their software that broke their MAPI > implementation, requiring workarounds or rewrites. To the great > unhappiness of my clients. Since then, I've used SMTP, with Blat or West- > Wind's Client Tools, with dozens of customers across the country, for well > over a decade and a half. > > So, when you say, "It breaks when I do that," I'm forced to reply, "Don't do > that." > > MAPI Bad, SMTP good. > > Take a look at http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~AutomatedEmail~Wiki as a > good starting point. > > -- > Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
