Sending EMail from C/C++
Does anyone know how to send an EMail message from a C/C++ Windows Application, given the recipient's EMail address, the subject for the EMail, the message text of the EMail, and a possible attachment file.
I need to know how to find the user's login ID and password for the user's EMail account if that info is available from the registry or whatever as I assume you would need that to send the message?
I need to know how to find the user's login ID and password for the user's EMail account if that info is available from the registry or whatever as I assume you would need that to send the message?
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MAPI is messaging API. Its used for creating messaging applications. For more information, i will suggest that you read on line documentation in Platform SDK.
You will need following header files ...
#include <mapi.h> // MAPI Header file.
#include <mapix.h>
#include <malloc.h>
// If compiling for 32 bit platforms we will use MAPI32.DLL
// If compiling for 16 bit platforms we will use MAPI.DLL
#ifdef _WIN32
#define szMAPIDLL "MAPI32.DLL"
#define szMAPIXDLL "MAPIX32.DLL"
#else
#define szMAPIDLL "MAPI.DLL"
#define szMAPIXDLL "MAPIX.DLL"
#endif
The way i implemented, depending on the type of environement (16/32 bit) i am loading the required libs at run time.
LoadLibrary (szMAPIDLL);
It works on all platforms.
using the folowing function, you can check if MAPI isinsyalled on your system or not. Which normally is ;))
You will need following header files ...
#include <mapi.h> // MAPI Header file.
#include <mapix.h>
#include <malloc.h>
// If compiling for 32 bit platforms we will use MAPI32.DLL
// If compiling for 16 bit platforms we will use MAPI.DLL
#ifdef _WIN32
#define szMAPIDLL "MAPI32.DLL"
#define szMAPIXDLL "MAPIX32.DLL"
#else
#define szMAPIDLL "MAPI.DLL"
#define szMAPIXDLL "MAPIX.DLL"
#endif
The way i implemented, depending on the type of environement (16/32 bit) i am loading the required libs at run time.
LoadLibrary (szMAPIDLL);
It works on all platforms.
using the folowing function, you can check if MAPI isinsyalled on your system or not. Which normally is ;))
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Much Thanks! You know, I'm a seasoned Macintosh programmer (13 years) and have been doing cross platform stuff (Windows to me) for many, many years as well. I find the biggest problem with Windows is where to look for and find the documentation for what you want to do.
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