ASP FormMail, Part III

OK. I'm back working
on that FormMail program
again.

Not my favorite thing but
somehow I'll get through
it.

Here's the error message
I'm currently getting:

Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 800401f3' 
Server.CreateObject Failed 
/aspFormMail_ed.asp, line 482 
800401f3

I assume this is because
I'm using an unavailable
mail component.

I wrote about mail
components here:

ASP FormMail Part II

Just a little review.
The ASP FormMail
program I'm working with
gives 4 choices of
mail component.

Here they are again:

• ASPMail
• CDONTS
• CDOSYS
• JMail

I'll try JMail next.

I figure this makes
sense. Both ASPMail
and JMail are products
from companies other
than Microsoft.

After eliminating these
two as possibilities, I'll
try the Microsoft mail
components next.

OK. Just tried JMail.
Oddly enough, it fails
with this message:

Form could not be processed 
due to the following errors:
Email send failed: The message 
was undeliverable. All servers 
failed to receive the message.

Right now, that seems like such
a weird message. So weird.

Should I try a Microsoft
mail component next?

That would make sense. Trying
a Microsoft component will give
me some kind of sense as to
whether it is a mail component
problem or something else.

OK. Here goes.

Here's a web page that
helps you decide whether
to use the CDONTS
mail component or the
CDOSYS mail component:

CDOSYS or CDONTS,
Which Will It Be?

The article seems to make
it clear that CDOSYS
is the way to go because
it is newer and better.

Favor CDOSYS over
CDONTS.

I notice that CDONTS
seems to have a mneumonic
built into it.

There is a don't in
the middle of CDONTS,
so don't use it.

I continue my investigation into
ASP FormMail here:

ASP FormMail, Part IV

Ed Abbott