ASP Using CDOSYS Sending Email

CDOSYS is a built-in component in ASP. This component is used to send email through ASP.

Sending Email Using CDOSYS

CDO (Collaboration Data Objects) is a Microsoft technology designed to simplify the creation of communication applications.

CDOSYS is a built-in component in ASP. We will show you how to use this component through ASP to send email.

What about CDONTs?

Microsoft has deprecated CDONTs in Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003. If you have been using CDONTs in your ASP applications, you need to update your code and use the new CDO technology.

Examples Using CDOSYS

Send a text email:

<%
Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO"
myMail.From="[email protected]"
myMail.To="[email protected]"
myMail.TextBody="This is a message."
myMail.Send
set myMail=nothing
%>

Send a text email with Bcc and CC fields:

<%
Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO"
myMail.From="[email protected]"
myMail.To="[email protected]"
myMail.Bcc="[email protected]"
myMail.Cc="[email protected]"
myMail.TextBody="This is a message."
myMail.Send
set myMail=nothing
%>

Send an HTML email:

<%
Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO"
myMail.From="[email protected]"
myMail.To="[email protected]"
myMail.HTMLBody = "<h1>This is a message.</h1>"
myMail.Send
set myMail=nothing
%>

Send an HTML email with the content of a webpage from a website:

<%
Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO"
myMail.From="[email protected]"
myMail.To="[email protected]"
myMail.CreateMHTMLBody "http://www.w3cschool.cc/asp/"
myMail.Send
set myMail=nothing
%>

Send an HTML email with the content of a webpage from a file on your computer:

<%
Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO"
myMail.From="[email protected]"
myMail.To="[email protected]"
myMail.CreateMHTMLBody "file://c:/mydocuments/test.htm"
myMail.Send
set myMail=nothing
%>

Send a text email with an attachment:

<%
Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO"
myMail.From="[email protected]"
myMail.To="[email protected]"
myMail.TextBody="This is a message."
myMail.AddAttachment "c:mydocumentstest.txt"
myMail.Send
set myMail=nothing
%>

Send a text email using a remote server:

<%
Set myMail=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO"
myMail.From="[email protected]"
myMail.To="[email protected]"
myMail.TextBody="This is a message."
myMail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing")=2
'Name or IP of remote SMTP server
myMail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver")="smtp.server.com"
'Server port
myMail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport")=25
myMail.Configuration.Fields.Update
myMail.Send
set myMail=nothing
%>

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