[thelist] Windows Exchange Server 2000 form mail?

Scott Schrantz scotts at rci-nv.com
Tue Aug 13 16:06:01 CDT 2002


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wil Cone [mailto:wil at inaridesign.com]
>
> I'm used to working with small sites running on Unix hosts.
> Therefore I usually use formmail.pl (and by extension, sendmail)
> to process a simple "contact us" form.
>
> Now I'm working with a company using Windows Exchange Server 2000. I
> have no idea how to process a similar "contact us" email form.

On Windows, instead of SendMail you'd use CDONTS.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q186204
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/faq/Email/faq2.shtml

It takes a little configuration to get CDONTS to work through Exchange
Server, but there's not much to it. Talk with your Exchange administrator
about that. ASP can communicate directly with Exchange through CDO, but
that's much more complicated, and overkill for  sending simple e-mails.
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/development/55/CDO.asp

Someone might even be able to point you to drop-in ASP replacements for
formmail; I'm not familiar with any. Your best bet is to customize the mail
script yourself.

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Scott Schrantz
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