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    #1

    Problems with email_send()

    I know this has been discussed before, but I have a new wrinkle (pun intended :)).

    This is working great for me on the local webroot but not on the server. This has been reported by others. Pat had pointed out that when running from the remote server, the email profile must be specified. That did not correct the problem for me. I downloaded the latest patch - no luck.

    However, here is the wrinkle - If I run the full version on the remote server, and start the server from within it, then the email_send() works. It does not work from the stand alone application server. AND, 2 identical emails are sent every time I run the command! Remember, this works fine from the local host, and only one email is sent. From the remote server, does not work at all from the stand alone app server, and works, but sends 2 identical emails from the desktop app server.

    Does anyone have a clue as to what is going on here?

    Gary
    Gary S. Traub, Ph.D.

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    Re: Problems with email_send()

    Gary

    Are you sending through a secure connection to the mail server or through a regular connection (ie port 110)?

    I haven't done enough investigation, but have seen the secure connection only work through the full version of A5 and not through the stand alone application server.

    If you can make a reproducible case, then submit a bug report.
    Al Buchholz
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      #3
      Re: Problems with email_send()

      Hi Al,

      I am using port 110.

      Here is the code that I am using:

      dim result as n
      'result=email_send(e_to,e_subj,e_msg)

      result=email_send(e_to,e_subj,e_body,"",e_cc,e_bcc,.F.,"","","default")

      if result=1
      ?"Email sent to "+e_to
      else if result=0
      ?"Email was not sent"
      end if

      By the way, the issue of sending to emails was do to my being bleery eyed - I actually had 2 email_send() statements. Commenting 1 of them eliminated the duplicate emails - of course :o

      It seems reproducible to me. I will submit a bug report. Thanks for the info.

      Gary
      Gary S. Traub, Ph.D.

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        #4
        Re: Problems with email_send()

        In a web application, I suggest that you send email using Xbasic that does NOT use profiles.

        The following example shows how you can send an email using lower level xbasic than email_send()

        Code:
        vTo = "[email protected]" 
dim pm as P
dim ps as P
dim email_result as l
vMessageStr = "here is may messsage."
flag = email_smtp_open(ps, "mymailserver (e.g. mail.mycompany.com)", 25, "myuserid", "mypassword")
if flag = .f. then 
        'report an error to the user
        end 
end if 
pm._to = vTo
pm.from = "[email protected]"
pm.from_alias = "Your Name"
pm.subject = "Subject"
pm.attachments = ""
pm.html_message = "<HTML>Here is my message</HTML>"
email_result = email_smtp_send(pm, ps)
email_smtp_close(ps)

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          #5
          Re: Problems with email_send()

          Selwyn,

          I'm using email_send2() in several applications with no problem, and I subscribe to "if it ain't broke do something else that will make money", but I'm wondering if I should go back and change those in my spare time?

          Pat
          Pat Bremkamp
          MindKicks Consulting

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            #6
            Re: Problems with email_send()

            Originally posted by Pat Bremkamp View Post
            Selwyn,

            I'm using email_send2() in several applications with no problem, and I subscribe to "if it ain't broke do something else that will make money", but I'm wondering if I should go back and change those in my spare time?

            Pat
            There is no need to change what's working. email_send2() does however rely on a stored profile.

            The advantage of the technique i describe is that it does not use profiles - so you can see exactly what all of the email settings are and perhaps even dynamically change them.

            for example, say your web app is sending out a large mailing. you might want to send the first 100 from one mail server, then switch to a different server for the next 100 messages, and so on.

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              #7
              Re: Problems with email_send()

              I use email_send2() exclusively, but really see the benefit of what Selwyn described. I could control one or more profiles from my own database rather than from the server's email config, which is a little harder to get to.

              I'd use the full set of parameters to include the autowrap setting at the end, which should be set to false:

              email_smtp_send(pm,ps,.f.,.f.)
              Steve Wood
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