what should i use?

[VB Newbie]

good day pros,

i would like to make a sample program that will act as a report service...

if someone sends a request via email the system will receive the mail and
sends back a respond with an attached pdf report file from a report server
depending on the parameter given on the subject line from the sender or
requester..

what sould i use for this mail service? should i use pop/smpt
mail client? or are there any other way?

i would like to use vb6 or vb.net 2003 as frontend.

thanks in advance,

VB Newbie

 

[Terry Olsen]

I've done something like this in the past. I set up a generic SMTP server
that accepted incoming emails. It did not route these to a mailbox, but put
them in a specified directory. My app watched the directory for these ".eml"
files to be created (or use a timer to check periodically). Parse the files
for return email address and subject line. Use the VB SmtpMail class for
sending the response back.

 

[VB Newbie]

thanks for the response.. as of now im trying vb smtp mail class...

 

[TonyMast]

vb 2005
What class do you use for incoming email?