Best way to get a program to send emails
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I am writing a membership program in C++ and MFC (Yes I know that is old hat these days!) and I want it to be able to send HTML emails with attachments and use BCC list. My initial attempt uses MAPI functions. This has two problems : 1) If the application is built as a UNICODE application, but the MAPI client is MBCS (or visa versa) then the MAPI calls fail. 2) Not all mail clients are MAPI compliant. Outlook is, but Outlook Express and various shareware mail clients are not. Also a lot of people use cloud based systems. What method can I use to send emails that will work with most (if not all) Windows systems?
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I am writing a membership program in C++ and MFC (Yes I know that is old hat these days!) and I want it to be able to send HTML emails with attachments and use BCC list. My initial attempt uses MAPI functions. This has two problems : 1) If the application is built as a UNICODE application, but the MAPI client is MBCS (or visa versa) then the MAPI calls fail. 2) Not all mail clients are MAPI compliant. Outlook is, but Outlook Express and various shareware mail clients are not. Also a lot of people use cloud based systems. What method can I use to send emails that will work with most (if not all) Windows systems?
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Let's look if Code Project has articles for you: "SEND MAIL C++" search results[^].
Thank you for stating the bleeding obvious. I have already done that. It comes up with a list of articles (277 of them) with those words in them. It does not come up with a recommendation of which of the many methods is the most flexible; which one overcomes the 32/64 bit problem; what the pros and cons of each method are. The Code Project search engine, whilst very good at finding words in articles, is ill equipped to give recommendations. I have already tried one of the articles (Using extended MAPI) and found problems with it. Rather than trying the other 276 articles in turn, I thought I would seek advice on the matter from the friendly people at Code Project. I find that asking humans these sorts of questions yields better results. Well most of the time anyway. Occasionally you get someone who has had a bad day and feels the need to take it out on someone else. If you don't know the answer to my question or you don't understand the question then don't be shy. Let me know and I will try to explain myself in more simpler terms for you.
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Thank you for stating the bleeding obvious. I have already done that. It comes up with a list of articles (277 of them) with those words in them. It does not come up with a recommendation of which of the many methods is the most flexible; which one overcomes the 32/64 bit problem; what the pros and cons of each method are. The Code Project search engine, whilst very good at finding words in articles, is ill equipped to give recommendations. I have already tried one of the articles (Using extended MAPI) and found problems with it. Rather than trying the other 276 articles in turn, I thought I would seek advice on the matter from the friendly people at Code Project. I find that asking humans these sorts of questions yields better results. Well most of the time anyway. Occasionally you get someone who has had a bad day and feels the need to take it out on someone else. If you don't know the answer to my question or you don't understand the question then don't be shy. Let me know and I will try to explain myself in more simpler terms for you.
At which point in your original question did you make mention of the fact that you had in fact done some degree of research, particularly that you had reviewed CP's articles? If you don't state what you've done, how can you expect someone not to suggest the very same thing? Furthermore, you make mention that you realize MFC is old hat, which is irrelevant, yet make no mention of research, only of the failings of your initial attempt. Frankly, your reply post is one I consider rather rude and I'd be surprised to learn I was alone in thinking like this. I hope the rest of your day improved/s.
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon
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At which point in your original question did you make mention of the fact that you had in fact done some degree of research, particularly that you had reviewed CP's articles? If you don't state what you've done, how can you expect someone not to suggest the very same thing? Furthermore, you make mention that you realize MFC is old hat, which is irrelevant, yet make no mention of research, only of the failings of your initial attempt. Frankly, your reply post is one I consider rather rude and I'd be surprised to learn I was alone in thinking like this. I hope the rest of your day improved/s.
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon
enhzflep wrote:
reply post is one I consider rather rude
That's bleeding obvious! :)
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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Thank you for stating the bleeding obvious. I have already done that. It comes up with a list of articles (277 of them) with those words in them. It does not come up with a recommendation of which of the many methods is the most flexible; which one overcomes the 32/64 bit problem; what the pros and cons of each method are. The Code Project search engine, whilst very good at finding words in articles, is ill equipped to give recommendations. I have already tried one of the articles (Using extended MAPI) and found problems with it. Rather than trying the other 276 articles in turn, I thought I would seek advice on the matter from the friendly people at Code Project. I find that asking humans these sorts of questions yields better results. Well most of the time anyway. Occasionally you get someone who has had a bad day and feels the need to take it out on someone else. If you don't know the answer to my question or you don't understand the question then don't be shy. Let me know and I will try to explain myself in more simpler terms for you.
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enhzflep wrote:
reply post is one I consider rather rude
That's bleeding obvious! :)
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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Thank you for stating the bleeding obvious. I have already done that. It comes up with a list of articles (277 of them) with those words in them. It does not come up with a recommendation of which of the many methods is the most flexible; which one overcomes the 32/64 bit problem; what the pros and cons of each method are. The Code Project search engine, whilst very good at finding words in articles, is ill equipped to give recommendations. I have already tried one of the articles (Using extended MAPI) and found problems with it. Rather than trying the other 276 articles in turn, I thought I would seek advice on the matter from the friendly people at Code Project. I find that asking humans these sorts of questions yields better results. Well most of the time anyway. Occasionally you get someone who has had a bad day and feels the need to take it out on someone else. If you don't know the answer to my question or you don't understand the question then don't be shy. Let me know and I will try to explain myself in more simpler terms for you.
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At which point in your original question did you make mention of the fact that you had in fact done some degree of research, particularly that you had reviewed CP's articles? If you don't state what you've done, how can you expect someone not to suggest the very same thing? Furthermore, you make mention that you realize MFC is old hat, which is irrelevant, yet make no mention of research, only of the failings of your initial attempt. Frankly, your reply post is one I consider rather rude and I'd be surprised to learn I was alone in thinking like this. I hope the rest of your day improved/s.
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon
enhzflep wrote:
If you don't state what you've done, how can you expect someone not to suggest the very same thing?
I disagree. In addition to everything else, we're also supposed to be mind readers and know what the OP wants. ;)
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I am writing a membership program in C++ and MFC (Yes I know that is old hat these days!) and I want it to be able to send HTML emails with attachments and use BCC list. My initial attempt uses MAPI functions. This has two problems : 1) If the application is built as a UNICODE application, but the MAPI client is MBCS (or visa versa) then the MAPI calls fail. 2) Not all mail clients are MAPI compliant. Outlook is, but Outlook Express and various shareware mail clients are not. Also a lot of people use cloud based systems. What method can I use to send emails that will work with most (if not all) Windows systems?
I'm not really familiar with the stuff you're using, and I haven't used C++ for a few years, but from what I remember any functions in the Windows API that changed between character types depending on precomiler definitions had other similarly named functions. I remember the function to show a message box was called MessageBox(), and internally it mapped to either MessageBoxA() or MessageBoxW() depending on precompiler definitions. Maybe you'll find something similar with your function for sending the mail? Then depending on how speedy you need it to run you could write some code to attempt the other version of the function if the first try failed, or if you need it faster try to detect what the MAPI client needed you to use and have some kinda fancy interface, function pointer, etc to convert your text and send it using the right format. Alternatively, you could try using .Net from C++ to use all of the email junk built into that - though I'm kinda assuming you're avoiding needing to install the entire .Net framework alongside your application.
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I am writing a membership program in C++ and MFC (Yes I know that is old hat these days!) and I want it to be able to send HTML emails with attachments and use BCC list. My initial attempt uses MAPI functions. This has two problems : 1) If the application is built as a UNICODE application, but the MAPI client is MBCS (or visa versa) then the MAPI calls fail. 2) Not all mail clients are MAPI compliant. Outlook is, but Outlook Express and various shareware mail clients are not. Also a lot of people use cloud based systems. What method can I use to send emails that will work with most (if not all) Windows systems?
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enhzflep wrote:
If you don't state what you've done, how can you expect someone not to suggest the very same thing?
I disagree. In addition to everything else, we're also supposed to be mind readers and know what the OP wants. ;)
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I am writing a membership program in C++ and MFC (Yes I know that is old hat these days!) and I want it to be able to send HTML emails with attachments and use BCC list. My initial attempt uses MAPI functions. This has two problems : 1) If the application is built as a UNICODE application, but the MAPI client is MBCS (or visa versa) then the MAPI calls fail. 2) Not all mail clients are MAPI compliant. Outlook is, but Outlook Express and various shareware mail clients are not. Also a lot of people use cloud based systems. What method can I use to send emails that will work with most (if not all) Windows systems?
Use this class[^]
- Michael Haephrati מיכאל האפרתי
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Use this class[^]
- Michael Haephrati מיכאל האפרתי
Many thanks. I'll give it a try.
