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    SMTP with office 365

    We have been sending email using the smtp email routines with a godaddy email server for a few years.
    EMAIL_SMTP_OPEN( pSocket as P, SMTP_Server as C [, Port as N [, Username as C [, Password as C [, Mode as C ]]]] )
    EMAIL_SMTP_SEND( pMessage as P, pSocket as P [, lStatus as L [, autowrap as L ]] )
    EMAIL_SMTP_CLOSE()
    We just switched to office365 and the SMTP parameters are:
    SMTP_Server=smtp.office365.com
    Port=587
    Mode=TLS
    Now EMAIL_SMTP_OPEN returns true and a following EMAIL_SMTP_CLOSE() returns true but EMAIL_SMTP_SEND returns false and a susequent EMAIL_SMTP_CLOSE() also returns false. The content of the message has not changed.
    Has anybody else been using office365 (actually Go Daddy Office 365) with these SMTP routines?
    Thanks,
    Irwin

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    Re: SMTP with office 365

    Irwin:

    I think you will need to post your code (with a fake user name and password, and fake email addresses) before anyone can help.

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      #3
      Re: SMTP with office 365

      What does GoDaddy 365 support say should work?
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        #4
        Re: SMTP with office 365

        Thanks for reading, here is the sample code:
        Code:
        dim pm as P
        dim ps as P
        dim eflag as l
        eflag = .f.
        ps.timeout = 10000
        eflag = email_smtp_open(ps, "smtp.office365.com", 587, "some_user", "some_password", "TLS")
        pm.to = "[email protected]"
        pm.from = " [email protected] "
        pm.from_alias = "someword"
        pm.subject = "thesubject"
        pm.attachments = "theattachments"
        pm.message = "thetext"
        pm.html_message = ""
        eflag = email_smtp_send(pm, ps)
        eflag = email_smtp_close(ps)
        and it is the email_smtp_send that fails.

        Godaddy support confirms that "smtp.office365.com", 587, "some_user", "some_password", "TLS" are correct for the server name, the port, the user, the password and the TLS protocol. I have not asked more of them.
        Thanks for your interest,
        Irwin

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          #5
          Re: SMTP with office 365

          Hmmm... On the way out the door, but it looks ok in format.

          I take it these setting work in another email client like Outlook desktop?

          I've never increased the timeout. Try remming out that line.

          If that doesn't work, try

          ps.mode = "TLS" ' In case there is an undocumented setting?

          and then try

          ps.mode = "SSL"

          I'm sure others will throw better ideas in the ring, but I tried!

          (By the way, those are the right setting as per Microsoft's site...)

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            #6
            Re: SMTP with office 365

            I'm not sure if this is relevant, but
            GoDaddy has 2 types of email accounts
            the simple one has pop3 but the more sophisticated one does not
            I ran into this with one of my clients, so I used some's pop 3 settings from a different account, but the the emailto and the emailfrom in the script reference the email addresses in office365

            I also use mandrill, too, with the same to and from
            Cole Custom Programming - Terrell, Texas
            972 524 8714
            [email protected]

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              Re: SMTP with office 365

              Originally posted by irwincohen View Post
              Has anybody else been using office365 (actually Go Daddy Office 365) with these SMTP routines?
              I am using Office 365 but directly with Microsoft(seems to have identical settings with GoDaddy).

              For reason or other I also did not get it work using email_smtp_...

              But using Node it works . If you are interested going to this path let me know.

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                #8
                Re: SMTP with office 365

                Kenneth - how does the node work
                Cole Custom Programming - Terrell, Texas
                972 524 8714
                [email protected]

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                  #9
                  Re: SMTP with office 365

                  Originally posted by martinwcole View Post
                  Kenneth - how does the node work
                  At that time the node solution in Alpha did use Alpha install folder as place for node files so the procedure was similar for web and desktop.

                  The problem was that the node solution did use admin credentials which in the end was in my opinion too risky to continue. Alpha did change the node file locations to web root (this is how the desktop part also now works with node) and which I did find too risky (I did use web part) because configuration files are also in the web root and they are js files and you can not protect them in web root.

                  So I did give up with this.

                  Kenneth

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