Using IIS you can install a free smtp server on your local pc/ laptop. There are many other free smtp servers you can install also.. ps. I have used blat with gmail, use it actaully every hour or so to monitor some sites for customers , when the sites fail, I get an email, and sms to my phone thanks to blat..
I use a very very simple vfp wrapper for blat I detailed out here. http://www.1amsoftware.com/blat_simple.zip uses text-endtext to merge the blat command line.. Bob Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Stirling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 6:23 AM Subject: Re: VFP9 and blat > Hi Sytze & Dave > > I use Blat to maintain my members list. > > What I would like to use it for, is to install it onto my Payroll > software. > The idea being that MY clients can email out payslips & other reports, > as PDFs, to their clients. My client's email software could be > Outlook,Outlook Express, Thunderbird, online such as Gmail so it is hard > to devise a routine to cope. > > > What I would like to do is get Blat to send out the emails but I cannot > find a email ISP that allows its unrestricted use, for instance Gmail > needs you to register Stunnel which defeats the purpose of keeping it > simple. > > Is there an SMTP that allows unfettered use by Blat? > > > > > Andrew Stirling > 01250 874580 > http://www.calcpay.co.uk > HMRC Accredited UK payroll program > > > Dave Crozier wrote: >> Sytze, >> I second the Blat recommendation, however feel free to post the lines you >> want to convert with pleasure. I have the Chilkat component but have >> never >> used it. >> >> Dave Crozier >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf >> Of Sytze de Boer >> Sent: 09 June 2008 07:01 >> To: profox@leafe.com >> Subject: VFP9 and blat >> >> Hi Folk >> I was browsing some stuff today and came across a VB site that listed >> something I looked for some time ago. >> i.e. a method to send email similar to Blat, but using Gmail >> It uses a line called >> set mm = CreateObject("ChilkatMail2.ChilkatMailMan2") >> >> Has anyone used this and how good is it. >> If it's ok, can someone help me put the rest of the 15 lines into VFP >> code ? >> > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
