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How to send HTML formatted mail using CDO for Windows 2000 and a remote SMTP service

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to send HTML formatted mail using CDO for Windows 2000 (CDOSYS) or CDO for Exchange 2000 (CDOEX) using a remote computer's SMTP service.
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  1. Create a file called Cdosmtp.vbs and paste the following code:
    ' Send by connecting to port 25 of the SMTP server.
Dim iMsg 
Dim iConf 
Dim Flds 
Dim strHTML

Const cdoSendUsingPort = 2

set iMsg = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
set iConf = CreateObject("CDO.Configuration")

Set Flds = iConf.Fields

' Set the CDOSYS configuration fields to use port 25 on the SMTP server.

With Flds
    .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = cdoSendUsingPort
    'ToDo: Enter name or IP address of remote SMTP server.
    .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = "<remote SMTP server>" 
    .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpconnectiontimeout") = 10  
    .Update
End With

' Build HTML for message body.
strHTML = "<HTML>"
strHTML = strHTML & "<HEAD>"
strHTML = strHTML & "<BODY>"
strHTML = strHTML & "<b> This is the test HTML message body</b></br>"
strHTML = strHTML & "</BODY>"
strHTML = strHTML & "</HTML>"

' Apply the settings to the message.
With iMsg
    Set .Configuration = iConf
    .To = "<email address>" 'ToDo: Enter a valid email address.
    .From = "<email address>" 'ToDo: Enter a valid email address.
    .Subject = "This is a test CDOSYS message (Sent via Port 25)"
    .HTMLBody = strHTML
    .Send
End With

' Clean up variables.
Set iMsg = Nothing
Set iConf = Nothing
Set Flds = Nothing

MsgBox "Mail Sent!"
  2. Edit the sections of the code that are marked "ToDo".
  3. Save the file, and then double-click it.

    The code creates an HTML-formatted message and sends it using the remote computer's SMTP service.
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REFERENCES

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
286430  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286430/EN-US/ ) How To Send HTML Formatted mail Using CDO for Windows 2000 and the Local Pickup Directory
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Collaboration Data Objects 2.0
  • Collaboration Data Objects for Exchange 2000
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