[thelist] Emailing a form...using ASP!

[Ian Anderson]

Chris Kavanagh wrote:

> Dear list!
>
> A client wants the contents of a contact form emailed to a certain 
> address.  Fine...but their hosting package only supports ASP, which 
> I've never used.  Could anyone who has a minute to spare give me a 
> starting push?

Most IIS servers have a default mailing service called CDONTS installed 
and you can use this. IIS 6.0 replaced CDONTS with CDOSYS though, and on 
Windows 2003 servers you may have to use this instead.

Google either of CDONTS or CDOSYS  for more info or try these:

http://www.evolt.org/article/ASP_email_made_easy_using_CDO/17/14951/

http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/faq/Email/faq2.shtml

Either is fine for quick and simple email. For more robust sending to 
multiple recipients, more features etc, check with the ISP which 
additional ASP mailer components they have installed. JMail, ASPMail and 
so on are popular. They all work pretty much the same way, but you need 
to check the documentation for the particular component to find out the 
syntax required.

HTH

Cheers

Ian Anderson