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CDOSYS problem

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Topic: CDOSYS problem

Posted By: k00k
Subject: CDOSYS problem
Date Posted: 27 September 2009 at 1:07pm

I am attempting to send an e-mail from within an ASP script using the following code:


Set objCDOSYSMail = Server.CreateObject("CDO.Message")

Set objCDOSYSConfig = Server.CreateObject("CDO.Configuration")

                   

objCDOSYSConfig.Fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate") = 1

objCDOSYSConfig.Fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername") = "noreply@somewhere.co.uk"

objCDOSYSConfig.Fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword") = "thepassword"

objCDOSYSConfig.Fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = "mail.mailserver.co.uk"

objCDOSYSConfig.Fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 25

objCDOSYSConfig.Fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2

objCDOSYSConfig.Fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpconnectiontimeout") = 60

objCDOSYSConfig.Fields.Update



Set objCDOSYSMail.Configuration = objCDOSYSConfig



objCDOSYSMail.From = strFromEmailName & " <" & strFromEmailAddress & ">"

objCDOSYSMail.To = strRecipientName & " <" & strRecipientEmailAddress & ">"

objCDOSYSMailSubject = strSubject

objCDOSYSMail.TextBody = strEmailBodyMessage

objCDOSYSMail.Send



Set objCDOSYSMail = Nothing

Set objCDOSYSCon = Nothing

The mail server, username and password (replaced above with generic values for security) have been verified as correct. I can successfully log into the webmail application using these credentials and send/receive e-mail.

The variables contain (strFromEmailName, strFromEmailAddress, strRecipientName, strRecipientEmailAddress) contain valid data and are active e-mail addresses.

Upon executing the script, I received the incredibly unhelpful:


error '8004020f'



/development/includes/email.asp, line 84

Line 84 being:

objCDOSYSMail.Send

Am I missing something obvious? Has anyone had similar problems?

I am WW web hosting customer on nemesis.websitelive.net.

Replies:

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 28 September 2009 at 9:56am

The code looks correct to me, however you can get this error if the mail server is rejecting the email.

It could be that the mail server address is wrong or the authentication is incorrect.

The mail server address of mail.mailserver.co.uk is not a valid address for our mail servers. If you are testing the application on your own server then this may also be the problem, try uploading it to our network.

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Posted By: k00k
Date Posted: 28 September 2009 at 10:03am

I know about the mail server address being "incorrect". I chose not to post the real domain on a public form for obvious reasons :)

Anyway, I managed to resolve the problem. It simply boiled down to an incorrect password.

I wish M$ provided slightly more helpful error messages for CDOSYS and I probably would have picked up on the error a bit quicker.

Thanks for the reply!

Posted By: 123Simples
Date Posted: 15 November 2009 at 4:11pm

Thanks k00k because I was having issues similar to this, and this post really helped me out Thumbs Up

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