MS Access and emails

[Guest]

Hi there, I hope somebody can help me

Is there a way to MS Access receive emails not using Outlook?

After some research, I found out that, using the Outlook reference library I
could link MS Access with Outlook o send and receive emails, but it means the
user must have outlook opens all the time so MS Access can use it to send
email.

What I am try to accomplish is an application tha would receive a
pre-formated email from a web application for applications issues, the MS
Access would receive this emails directly, catalog them and send out email to
respective responsibles. So far, I need the Access to be opened in somebody's
machine and these emaisl should be sent to one's personal email.

Can I create an email account where ONLY MSAccess would access, with no need
to have an opened Outlook ?

Thank you in advance

Mauricio Silva

 

[John Nurick]

Hi Mauricio,

Yes, if you set up an email account you can have have Access (via
intermediate software) check it at intervals and download and process
any messages. To get started, see
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/email.htm and in particular
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/email/incoming.htm