On 28 July 2014 15:01, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote: > Collaborative Data Objects is just the latest relabeling of the same old > bad code that was Active Messaging, ActiveX Mail, MAPI, etc.: proprietary, > unstable, unreliable wrappers around well-established industry standard > mail protocols: SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, mail over TLS, SSL, etc. > > Do you really want to depend on Microsoft to provide long-term support and > stability of their APIs to provide a key feature of your application? > There's 30 years of MS history that indicates otherwise. I was burned > thinking that way a long time ago. > > Using the plain old SMTP, perhaps with an add-on like STunnel for TLS, is a > great way to be able to send mail where you have control of every aspect of > the exchange and the ability to peek in and debug areas that have problems.
I agree, but MAPI/CDO etc provide one thing that SMTP doesn't: the ability to edit the email before sending. I support 3 different email methods in my dot net app: - MAPI (for Thunderbird etc. Crashes with OutLook...) - Outlook automation - SMTP Both have options to Send immediately or send after composing. For SMTP I knocked up a simple email client using an embedded Internet Explorer. This is predominately used in sites that RDP onto a server where Office is not installed. -- Paul _______________________________________________ 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/cadwx0+ljzjdvtfv8se6crxt1larpjyk6wnjmzzorlo2twfa...@mail.gmail.com ** 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.
