Unique email/messaging requirement!!!

[Guest]

Hi,
We have a unique email/messaging requirement. We have a Windows application
in VB.NET. Our customers need to be able to send email or a message to our
server. But the catch is that they do not have an exchange server or any SMTP
mail server. All we can count on is that they have an internet connection. In
worst cases it could be just a dial-up. Is there anyway that we can have them
send messages to our server in this kind of setup? Is so using what?
Any help will be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Rupa

 

[Lucas Tam]

Is there anyway that we can have them
send messages to our server in this kind of setup? Is so using what?

Yes. They can you YOUR smtp server to send the message - of course make
sure your server is secure or else you'll find yourself being a spam haven.

 

[Guest]

Is this possible using the SMTPMail object in vb.net?Could you provide some
sample code?

 

[Lucas Tam]

Is this possible using the SMTPMail object in vb.net?Could you provide
some sample code?

Did you look at the SMTPMail Documentation?

[Visual Basic]
' This example assigns the name of the mail relay server on the
' local network to the SmtpServer property.
SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "RelayServer.Contoso.com"


http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemwebmailsmtpmailclasstopic.asp

The only issue I can think of is a firewall - some ISPs block external SMTP
servers.

In this case, you'll need to come up with a different strategy - i.e. using
a different SMTP port (which will require a different component I think),
using a different method of messaging the server, writing your own SMTP
routines to send on a different port, etc.