send mail from terminal service

[stormin_norm]

I have a client with their access db on a virtual machine running only access. They use a terminal service to connect. This pc does not have anything else installed. No outlook, no other apps.

I need to send mail and am required to use smtp. I have the code to send via smtp 2 different ways-vbmail.dll and traditional outlook cdo calls to sendmail.

The problem is I'm not so sure the vbsendmail.dll will be on that machine. And outlook is not installed on it either so I am assuming cdo.dll is not installed. So will I have to physically install the dll's for the cdo outlook library file? I will first ask them to install office/outlook.

What is the best way to proceed with smtp on a 'stand alone' stripped down machine?

 

[Simon_MT]

Try loading either:

Outlook or load IIS and SMTP on the Terminal Server.

Simon

 

[stormin_norm]

I'll see if they can load outlook. They do have a MSDN subscription to everything.
They may balk at IIS being installed.

From what I read and searches there is no sendmail like dll/utility already installed on an xp/win7 virtual pc. SO-At a minimum, I need to run the cdo solution (install outlook) or coax them into some third party solution. But why buy when you get cdo free
And we're only blasting a simple message w/ attachement to an internal smtp server.

[update] Still waiting for client to verify if office/outlook/cdo is installed on the virtual pc.
But found this fun bit of code and thought I would share it
http://relevantcodes.com/cdo-send-email-from-yahoo-hotmail-live-aol-or-gmail/

 

[stormin_norm]

Strange. But my local pc test works without the Microsoft CDO library checked in the references tab.

Is this because outlook is loaded on my laptop or is the CDO class defined in another microsoft access library??