Re: How to send email without using email client

FROM : David Hoerl
DATE : Fri May 09 18:42:42 2008

I have the same need and am trying to resurrect EDMessage (whose
project does not now even compile).

Just a quick note - this capability is of great value when your code
is running on some server inside a firewall, and you want to get
periodic status messages (and that server itself does not run smtp).


EDMessage originates from here:

http://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/software/EDFrameworks/

It requires EDCommon (from same site), but that framework has been
maintained and compiles without even a warning under Xcode 3.1
Preview 2.

EDMessage as is cannot connect when a login/password is required.
That said, there is an open source project called OPMessageServices
that was built on top of EDMessage:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/opmservices/

That project does have an enhanced connection class based on the
EDMessage class.

So, I created a new project, copied all the EDMessage source files
and headers into it, and was able to get it to compile with just a
few warnings and tweaks (a real complement to the author, since the
source is well over 5 years old!)

What I plan to do is back port the OPMessageServices enhancements,
then either put the code and project on my own site or get a
SourceForge project site.

I'll post something here when I get this done - probably a few weeks of work.


David