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Sending Email using SMTP Authentication

Tim — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:21:57 GMT

You need to:
1. use your email server as the smtp, this is usually mail.yourdomain.com
2. authenticate to the smtp server
3. make sure your "From" address is exactly the same as your login address in your code

PHP

Sample php code using ASPEMAIL COM . (aspemail COM is supported by us) Please refer to this article.
If you like to use PHPMAILER, please refer to this article.

C# 1.1

private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
mail.To = "me@mycompany.com";
mail.From = "you@yourcompany.com";
mail.Subject = "this is a test email.";
mail.Body = "Some text goes here";
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate", "1"); //basic authentication
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername", "my_username_here"); //set your username here
mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword", "super_secret"); //set your password here

SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "mail.mycompany.com"; //your real server goes here
SmtpMail.Send( mail );
}

C# 2.0

static void Authenticate()
{
//create the mail message
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();

//set the addresses
mail.From = new MailAddress("me@mycompany.com");
mail.To.Add("you@yourcompany.com");

//set the content
mail.Subject = "This is an email";
mail.Body = "this is the body content of the email.";

//send the message
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("mail.yourdomain.com");

//to authenticate we set the username and password properites on the SmtpClient
smtp.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username@yourdomain.com", "secret");
smtp.Send(mail);

}

VB.net 1.1

Private Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs)
   Dim mail As New MailMessage()
   mail.To = "me@mycompany.com"
   mail.From = "you@yourcompany.com"
   mail.Subject = "this is a test email."
   mail.Body = "Some text goes here"
   mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate", "1") 'basic authentication
   mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername", "my_username_here") 'set your username here
   mail.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword", "super_secret") 'set your password here
   SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "mail.mycompany.com" 'your real server goes here
   SmtpMail.Send(mail)
End Sub 'Page_Load

VB.net 2.0

<%@ Import Namespace="System.Net.Mail" %>

Sub Authenticate()
'create the mail message
Dim mail As New MailMessage()

'set the addresses
mail.From = New MailAddress("me@mycompany.com")
mail.To.Add("you@yourcompany.com")

'set the content
mail.Subject = "This is an email"
mail.Body = "this is the body content of the email."

'send the message
Dim smtp As New SmtpClient("mail.yourdomain.com")

'to authenticate we set the username and password properites on the SmtpClient
smtp.Credentials = New NetworkCredential("username@yourdomain.com", "secret")
smtp.Send(mail)
End Sub 'Authenticate

ASP

<%
Dim ObjSendMail
Set ObjSendMail = Server.CreateObject("Persits.MailSender")

ObjSendMail.Host = "mail.somesite.com"
ObjSendMail.From = "someone@somesite.com"
ObjSendMail.FromName = "someone"
ObjSendMail.AddAddress "somebodyelse@somesite.com"
ObjSendMail.Subject = "your subject"
ObjSendMail.Body = "your email body"

Our email server requires SMTP Authentication. Replace the username and password below.
ObjSendMail.Username = "SMTPUsername"
ObjSendMail.Password = "SMTPPassword"

On Error Resume Next

ObjSendMail.Send
If Err <> 0 Then
Response.Write "Error encountered: " & Err.Description
End If

Set ObjSendMail = nothing
%>

Perl

Please refer to this article

Coldfusion

<Cfmail server="SMTPUsername:SMTPPassword@mail.somesite.com"
             from="someone@somesite.com"
             to="somebodyelse@somesite.com"
             subject="your subject">
your email body
</CFMAIL>

Why cannot upload file through my web site?

Mark — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:22:57 GMT

When upload file through web site, web site user need to have write permission for the folder which used to store file.
Please click <here> for instruction of how to set permission.

Windows Account :
For ASP.NET application, web user is "Network Service" (for win2003 & win2008) and "ASPNET" (for win2000)
For other applications, web user is "IUSR_memberID"

Linux Account:
Please change folder permission to 777

*For security reason, please only grant write permission for the folder(s) which need it.

How do I send email using ASP with Jmail

Mark — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:52:34 GMT

NOTE: This article is for Window Hosting Only.

You need to:
1. use your email server as the smtp, this is usually mail.yourdomain.com
2. authenticate to the smtp server
3. make sure your "From" address is exactly the same as your login address in NetworkCredential class

Sample ASP code using Jmail COM+. (Jmail COM+ is supported by our hosting)

dim SMTP_user
dim SMTP_password
dim SMTP_server

SMTP_user = "youremail@YourDomain.com"
SMTP_password = "yourEmailPassword"
SMTP_server = "mail.YourDomain.com"

dim client_content

client_content = "This is the test mail by using Jmail"

dim mail_to
dim mail_to_subject
dim mail_to_content

mail_to = SMTP_user
mail_to_subject = "Emailing sample with Jmail via ASP"
mail_to_content = "Content : " + client_content

dim myMail

Set myMail     = Server.CreateObject("Jmail.Message")
myMail.silent    = true
myMail.Logging     = true
myMail.Charset     = "utf-8"
myMail.ContentType    = "text/html"

myMail.MailServerUserName = SMTP_user
myMail.MailServerPassword = SMTP_password
myMail.From    = SMTP_user
myMail.FromName   = SMTP_user
myMail.AddRecipient   mail_to
myMail.Subject    = mail_to_subject
myMail.Body    = mail_to_content
myMail.Send    SMTP_server
set myMail = nothing
response.write "Sent ok, please check" + mail_to

How to Display Reporting Service Reports without Authentication?

Administrator — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:03:58 GMT

The simplest way is to run an asp page that will fetch the report and display it.

You can do it with the following example code, just replace the URL with your own reporting url, login and password:

set objhttp = server.createobject("microsoft.xmlhttp")
url = "http://sqlreport01.mysite4now.com/ReportServer/webho_demo/Report1&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=HTML4.0&rc:Toolbar=True&rc:JavaScript=False&rc:LinkTarget=_top&rc:Area=Report"

objhttp.open "get", url, false, "login", "password"

objhttp.send
response.write objhttp.responsetext

What is my physical path?

Mark — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:59:56 GMT

You can see your physical path by logging into your Hosting Control Panel -> Account. You should see your physical path under "Base Directory:" section

Why my DSN-less connection cannot locate my ACCESS DB?

Mark — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:53:53 GMT

To find the path of your DB, you will have to hardcode the FULL path instead of using a Mappath("mydb.mdb").

If you are using Dreamweaver, by default it will use relateive path.

Why is my ASP page not working when trying to make changes to MS Access DB?

Mark — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:33:13 GMT

Thishappens when your .MDB file does not have WRITE permissions. To fixthe problem, go to your Hosting Control Panel, click on the File Permission icon and assign Read + Write to user IUSR_memberID for the .MDB file.

If this still give you error, you'll have to give write permission to the ENTIRE folder that contains the database file.

Cannot write non english characters to text file via ASP

Mark — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:19:44 GMT

If you want to write non system default codepage charactors into a text file you need to specify the new text file object to be in unicode format:

server.createobject(filename, true, true)

How to do script redirection?

Mark — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:17:45 GMT

You can write a Default.asp script to redirect to any URL you want. Ex: In your script put the following:

response.redirect "http://www.yahoo.com"

MSXML returns msxml3.dll (0x80004005)

Mark — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:17:15 GMT

When using MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP,
objSrvHTTP.open

I get error msxml3.dll (0x80004005).

You get this error because the URL that you are trying to call cannot be founded or unreachable. Please make sure you have the correct URL.

How to display non-English text with ASP and MSSQL server?

Mark — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:13:13 GMT

As an example, one of the technique for you to display Chinese Big5 character:

Make every column type that will store Chinese Big5 text to be Unicode support column (such as nvarchar or nchar).

In your query, put an "N" sign in front of every Chinese Big5 text string.

And in asp page under the <meta> tag, set charset="big5".

Then your asp page should be able to display Chinese Big5 text string.

Note: This is just one of the techniques to display non-English language. There are other methods that you can try as well.

My page showing funny characters (%%%) when pulling data from my DB that's in another language

Mark — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:11:17 GMT

Please make sure you set your codepage in your script, so that ASP will know what language to show when pulling data from database.

Ex:

<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1256"%>

1256 is your codepage LCID.

To find out your locale id (LCID) , please visit:
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/lcid-all.mspx

Why is my ASP page is not running?

Mark — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:10:01 GMT

All our Windows hosting accounts support ASP. If your ASP page does not execute, it is because your script is returning errors that you cannot see. To see the error messages that the script is producing, please do the following steps:

Go to Tools ->Internet Options, click the Advanced Tab and go to the category Surfing and UnCheck the line that says:
show userfriendly HTTP error messages (or something similar)

Why is my ASP page returning ...must be updateable query.. messages when trying to make changes to MS Access DB?

Mark — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:09:23 GMT

This happens when your .MDB file does not have WRITE permissions. To fix the problem, go to your Hosting Control Panel, go to Security, go to File Permission on the left hand menu. In there, browse to the folder that contains your .mdb file and give the .mdb file Read + Write to user IUSR_MEMBERID for the .MDB file.

If this still give you error, you'll have to give write permission to the ENTIRE folder that contains the database .MDB file.

How do I use MySQL with ASP?

Mark — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:02:31 GMT

For a complete tutorial please refer to this site: http://www.mazsoft.com/mysql.asp

Why is my ASP Global.asa not working?

Mark — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:58:09 GMT

Please make sure you are NOT using your temporary URL.

Global.asa will work when you are using your actual domain name.

If you must get it to work before switching your domain name to our DNS server, please simply contact support and request them to enable your TEMP URL to be global.asa enabled.

My ASP page is returning HTTP Error 500. How can I see the detailed error messages?

Mark — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:55:46 GMT

To see the error messages that the script is producing, please do the following steps in browser:

Go to Tools>Internet Options, click the Advanced Tab and go to the category Surfing and uncheck the line that says:
show user friendly HTTP error messages (or something similar)

ASP Upload returns Persits.Upload.1 error '800a0005'

Mark — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:33:49 GMT

Make sure you are uploading to the correct directory using FULL path in your script.

Then also make sure the folder where you are uploading to have write permission for "IUSR_memberID". You can do this in your hosting control panel.