Needed: Code or Component to do Bulk Emails (Persistent SMTP Connections)
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We need to send thousands of legitimate order confirmation emails every day because of our high-volume DVD business. Does anyone know how to use the Microsoft dot-net components to do this? :) We need a solution to open the socket connection and keep it open for multiple sends instead of being connected every time. We need to do the following scenario: Connect Send Send Send ... Disconnect Or does anyone know of a 3rd party component that does this? IP*Works! does this BUT it's way too expensive :(( and we only need this one component of their suite. Pete MovieMars.com IT Dept.
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We need to send thousands of legitimate order confirmation emails every day because of our high-volume DVD business. Does anyone know how to use the Microsoft dot-net components to do this? :) We need a solution to open the socket connection and keep it open for multiple sends instead of being connected every time. We need to do the following scenario: Connect Send Send Send ... Disconnect Or does anyone know of a 3rd party component that does this? IP*Works! does this BUT it's way too expensive :(( and we only need this one component of their suite. Pete MovieMars.com IT Dept.
Yes you can do that using
System.Net.Socketand related classes, sort of. I mean it's not Connect Send Send Send because that's not how the SMTP protocol works. You can find out how it works by Googling it. There has been tons of information about SMTP on the internet since like 1995.led mike
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Yes you can do that using
System.Net.Socketand related classes, sort of. I mean it's not Connect Send Send Send because that's not how the SMTP protocol works. You can find out how it works by Googling it. There has been tons of information about SMTP on the internet since like 1995.led mike
Thanks but the System.Net.Socket is too low-level. I don't want to learn another protocol and support another area of code--Then I have to write additions to do attachments, MIME, etc.--I'm too busy as it is :sigh: . Does Microsoft provide any higher-level ways of doing this? >> because that's not how the SMTP protocol works isn't it as simple as connecting, then doing multiple SMTP conversations, then disconnecting? Pete
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Thanks but the System.Net.Socket is too low-level. I don't want to learn another protocol and support another area of code--Then I have to write additions to do attachments, MIME, etc.--I'm too busy as it is :sigh: . Does Microsoft provide any higher-level ways of doing this? >> because that's not how the SMTP protocol works isn't it as simple as connecting, then doing multiple SMTP conversations, then disconnecting? Pete
remoteportal wrote:
then doing multiple SMTP conversations, then disconnecting?
yes but your post said send,send,send which does not match a SMTP conversation. I had no way of knowing if you knew anything about SMTP.
remoteportal wrote:
I'm too busy as it is
Well I can't help you with your planning.
led mike
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We need to send thousands of legitimate order confirmation emails every day because of our high-volume DVD business. Does anyone know how to use the Microsoft dot-net components to do this? :) We need a solution to open the socket connection and keep it open for multiple sends instead of being connected every time. We need to do the following scenario: Connect Send Send Send ... Disconnect Or does anyone know of a 3rd party component that does this? IP*Works! does this BUT it's way too expensive :(( and we only need this one component of their suite. Pete MovieMars.com IT Dept.
Woudn't Persits ASPEmail suffice your needs?
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We need to send thousands of legitimate order confirmation emails every day because of our high-volume DVD business. Does anyone know how to use the Microsoft dot-net components to do this? :) We need a solution to open the socket connection and keep it open for multiple sends instead of being connected every time. We need to do the following scenario: Connect Send Send Send ... Disconnect Or does anyone know of a 3rd party component that does this? IP*Works! does this BUT it's way too expensive :(( and we only need this one component of their suite. Pete MovieMars.com IT Dept.
Look in to using VBA to control Outlook. If you go over to mrexcel.com you'll find some code(search the message boards) that will control outlook from Excel. That way you just set up your spread sheets and have the code loop through the lists sending email as it goes.
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Look in to using VBA to control Outlook. If you go over to mrexcel.com you'll find some code(search the message boards) that will control outlook from Excel. That way you just set up your spread sheets and have the code loop through the lists sending email as it goes.
Are you nuts? Just because you can do something it doesnt mean you should...
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