"Mac Davis" <n***@blindsided.org> wrote in message
news:O6fwyOCGFHA.1260@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Ive just learned that CDONTS is not available of Server 2003.
> So, I've been trying to make sense out of what I can read.
> I have succeeded in completely confusing myself.
>
> In one place Microsoft suggests that I can install CDONTS from Server 2000
> but it doesn't suggest where I get CDONTS.
> Other reading suggests that CDOSYS is a much better solution.  Although it
> is never explicitly stated, it is implied (or at least I infer) that
CDOSYS
> is installed with Server 2003.
>
> At activeserver.com, I found a sample script using CDOSYS.
> In the script, the following works just fine
>
> Set objMail = Server.CreateObject("CDO.Message")
> objMail.From = sFrom
> objMail.To = sTo
> objMail.Subject= sSubject
> objMail.TextBody = sTextBody
> objMail.HTMLBody = sHTMLBody
>
> which leads me to believe that the CDO object is being created properly.
>
> However, when I say
> objMail.send
>
> The page fails with a "there is a problem with this page and it cannot be
> displayed" message.
>
> My questions are
> 1. How do I know that CDOSYS is properly installed.
> 2. If CDOSYS isn't installed, how do I install it?
> 3. If CDOSYS is installed, then what else could be the problem?
>
> Thanks folks,
>
> -dmd-
> If the obvious weren't so obscure, I'd be less confused.
>
>