Gossamer Forum: General: Perl Programming: Sending mail on dedicated server with IIS

Dec 22, 1999, 10:30 AM

willdeb

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Dec 22, 1999, 10:30 AM

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Sending mail on dedicated server with IIS

I am trying to get a script to send mail on a dedicated NT box. Sendmail is not installed and neither is a specfic smtp server. NT being a total unknown to me, I don't know how to invoke the mail routine that is built into IIS.

Here is the part of the code that needs to be configured.

Code:
# USE EITHER SMTP OR SEND_MAIL DEPENDING ON YOUR SYSTEM- 
# BUT NOT BOTH! 

$SMTP_SERVER="bigfishwww0.rwc.cerf.net"; 
#$SEND_MAIL="/usr/lib/sendmail -t";

How can I change $SMTP_SERVER to make this work? I have already tried "localhost".

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Dec 22, 1999, 11:15 AM

Mark Badolato

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Dec 22, 1999, 11:15 AM

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Sendmail is not installed and neither is a specfic smtp server

Uh, then how exactly to you plan on actually sending mail?

You need to install a mail client like Blat (which works alot like sendmail), or setup an SMTP server on the box.

--mark

Dec 22, 1999, 11:24 AM

willdeb

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Dec 22, 1999, 11:24 AM

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There is a mail routine built into IIS called CDONTS that can be invoked with asp code. I just don't know how to do it from within the script.

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Dec 28, 1999, 7:16 AM

Eliot

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Dec 28, 1999, 7:16 AM

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Your best bet is to SMTP or Sockets to send mail via IIS on NT. The ASP option mentioned is clunky.

Regards.

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