Mike Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 11:56:56 +0100, Sir Ferenc Wagner scribed thus: > >>> I think he did but... SMTP is a horrible protocol. HTTP >>> is sweet. :-) >> >> They got complicated the same way when the machine is behind >> a firewall or proxy, I am afraid. It's a pity Windows does >> not have a standard mailer... > > MAPI? For HTTP wininet is the standard service provider.
At first reading, it does not help much with posting forms... Anyway, it has the same problem as the Shell API: it is not supported on NT3. But do we really care? On the other hand, I can imagine creating a Web form for file uploads, which could be used if everything else fails, and would also be easy to talk to through Winsock. Feri.
