RE: (forte-users) send/receive mail

Question

Hi Nat,
you have three possibilities to integrate MAPI to a Forte program:
1. using mapi32.dll (simple MAPI) or mapix32.dll (MAPI). You must integrate
this libraries using a C wrapper class (as described in "Integrating with
External Systems").
2. using OLE Active messaging library ( as described in 'Integrating with
Windows and Macintosh")
3. or implement POP3 using an ExternalConnection class.
Regards,
Zenon Adamek
Forte Developer
Purolator Courier Ltd.
ZAdamekpurolator.com
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From: Nat Balasubramaniam [SMTP:NBalasubdcjs.state.ny.us]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 2:18 PM
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Subject: (forte-users) send/receive mail
Our application needs to send/receive mails from a mail server in NT
environment. Does forte provide SMTP and POP3 protocol support(libraries)
so that we can use external connection class to connect to the server and
send/
receive mails or do we have to use third party controls. Any help would be
appreciated.
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Answer 1

Hi,
Unfortunatly, Forte does not provide SMTP and POP3 protocoles.
But, you can use External connections to do it if you need.
You can find a simple SMTP send mail sample code on
http://perso.club-internet.fr/dnguyen/ . The receive should be as easy as the send.
For MIME base 64 encoding and decoding, it should last one or two weeks of coding
(if you need optimization).
One advantage of coding this in Tool directly is the portability.
In your case, on NT, you could also interface with MAPI using for instance the
ActiveX interface.
By that way, you will already have SMTP, POP3 and MIME.
Hope this helps,
Daniel Nguyen
Freelance Forte Consultant
http://perso.club-internet.fr/dnguyen/
edwardsmjwillis.com a &eacute;crit:
Hi,
Our Forte development team are currently investigating how we can add internet
mail capabilities to a Forte application. Our application needs to send/receive
mails from a mail server in an NT environment. Does forte provide SMTP and POP3
protocol support (libraries) so that we can use external connection class to
connect to the server and send/ receive mails or do we have to use third party
controls ?.
Any help regarding code examples or third party solutions would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Mark J Edwards
Senior Technical Specialist
Willis
Email: edwardsmjwillis.com
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