Sending email using CDO on ssl port 465

madhuraj

madhuraj

Disciple
Hi Friends,

Recently I have been searching for an API which can send emails through SSL enabled servers like gmail.com in ASP.NET. For this purpose, ASP.NET is already having two API's : System.Web.Mail and System.Net.Mail.

But the problem with them are:

System.Web.Mail: It works fine on ssl port 465 but is deprecated.

System.Net.Mail: Its the new API for email related applications. But it does not support ssl on port 465.

System.Web.Mail is based on CDOSYS. So i tried to search about CDOSYS and found that one can send emails directly using CDOSYS API without using either System.Web.Mail or System.Net.Mail. So thought sharing it with you..:hap2:

First you will need to add reference of "Microsoft CDO for windows 2000 library" from the COM components references.

Next the code for sending email is like below:

CDO.MessageClass Message = new CDO.MessageClass();

CDO.ConfigurationClass iConf = new CDO.ConfigurationClass();

iConf.Fields[CDO.CdoConfiguration.cdoSendUsingMethod].Value =

CDO.CdoSendUsing.cdoSendUsingPort;

iConf.Fields[CDO.CdoConfiguration.cdoSMTPServerPort].Value = 465;

iConf.Fields[CDO.CdoConfiguration.cdoSMTPServer].Value = "smtp.gmail.com";

iConf.Fields[CDO.CdoConfiguration.cdoSMTPAuthenticate].Value =

CDO.CdoProtocolsAuthentication.cdoBasic;

iConf.Fields[CDO.CdoConfiguration.cdoSendUserName].Value = "user";

iConf.Fields[CDO.CdoConfiguration.cdoSendPassword].Value = "password";

iConf.Fields.Update();

Message.Configuration = iConf;

Message.AutoGenerateTextBody = true;

Message.From = from;

Message.To = Recipients;

Message.CC = RecipientsCC;

Message.Subject = Subject;

Message.HTMLBody = htmlbody;

Message.Send();



Happy emailing......:hap2:

 
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