Why not use the CFMail tag?
----- Original Message ----- From: "E.J. Jaquet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:54 AM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Create your own SMTP messages > The reason I am doing this is because I need to create an e-mail with inline > images from a website. The user on the website can create a HTML message, > and it then has to be sent via Coldfusion. I already have a script that puts > together the file, but the header and the body are both in the same file. > > And I can't seem to find any sample files to see what the format should look > like. There aren't any in the spool dir, even when I sent myself a mail... > > Any thoughts? > > Erik-Jan > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Namens R. Scott Perry > Verzonden: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 16:07 PM > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: [IMail Forum] Create your own SMTP messages > > > > >Does anyone know if it is possible to create your own (rfc 822 compliant) > >smtp messages > > That is both easy and hard. It's very easy to do if you know how (the fact > that you know about RFC822 is very good); it's nearly impossible if you > don't know how (thousands upon thousand of companies have had programmers > write scripts to send mail rather than use a real mail client, and failed > miserably -- so bad, in fact, that they have caused the amount of spam > people receive to increase). > > It is not recommended to create your own SMTP E-mail, unless you are > willing to take the time to learn exactly how to do it. > > >and put them in the Spool dir of Imail. When I try it, it does > >not get sent. What fileextension is needed? > > Many (all?) file extensions will work. However, the files in the IMail > spool directory are in a proprietary file format -- so you have to rely on > luck as well as skill to make sure that it works properly. If you *must* > do it, you need to have both a Q*.SMD and D*.SMD file, where the D*.SMD > file has the actual E-mail and the Q*.SMD file has the recipient > information (you'll need to analyze some Q*.SMD files to figure out how it > is formatted). > > Most likely, sending the mail with a real mail client would be better, > however. Is there something specific that writing your own would be able > to accomplish that might not be possible with a regular mail client? > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers. > Declude Virus: Catches both viruses and vulnerabilities in E-mail, with no > annual licensing fees. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
