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All of the commercial XCENT web server application can be configured to use any one of
the mail components outlined below. An Email component is required on the
web server to allow the application to be able to send email messages to your
site visitors. You change your configuration file to
use the mail component of your choice. To verify which components are
installed on your web server, you can use the XcDiag.ASP script. This will
report which components are installed and additional details for certain
components. Below is the list of supported components and some of our comments or opinions of these various components.
| Microsoft
CDONTS |
Provided as part of IIS
4.0 or later. Also known as the Microsoft SMTP service in IIS. There
are actually two parts to this. The part that ASP scripts use is a
COM component that allows your script to work with email. All the
XCENT scripts use the CDONTS.NewMail object. The second part is
actually a SMTP server. This part works just like any SMTP server
software. It is a very basic SMTP server and does not have any good
management tools. However, it does a very good job of sending email
from within your ASP scripts. It can be configured to run with
another SMTP package either on the same or different server. Because
it queues up messages for delivery, it is very robust and efficient, even on busy
servers.
Pros: Free component of IIS, efficient.
Cons: Lack of comprehensive documentation makes many wary of using
it.
Include File: XcCDONTSlib.ASP
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| ASPEmail |
This is a commercial
component from www.persits.com.
It works similarly to other commercial products and is also very
reliable. The basic version is free, and you can upgrade to a much
enhanced version.
Pros: Free for limited version.
Cons: n/a
Include File: XcASPEmailLib.ASP
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| ASPMail |
This is a commercial
component from www.serverobjects.com.
It's a very robust and effective tool for sending Email from your
ASP scripts. Very reliable and stable product.
Pros: Reliable and inexpensive.
Cons: n/a
Include File: XcASPMailLib.ASP
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| ASPQMail |
This is another commercial
component from www.serverobjects.com
that is an enhanced version of ASPMail. This is more than just a
version of ASPMail with some additional features, as this product
also performs email message queuing. Message queuing can
significantly increase the speed, performance and reliability on
busy servers and when sending to large mailing lists.
Pros: Great for heavily loaded servers and large mailing lists.
Cons: n/a
IncludeFile: XcASPQMailLib.ASP
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| BambooSMTP |
This is a component that
seems to be used by some ISP's but does not seem to be generally
available any longer.
Pros: Free
Cons: No future support.
Include File: XcBambooSMTPLib.ASP
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| JMail |
This is a freeware
product from www.dimac.net . It
seems to be a popular choice with some ISP's.
Pros: Free
Cons: n/a
Include File: XcJMailLib.ASP
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| SmartMail |
This is a freeware
product from www.aspsmart.com.
Pros: Free
Cons: n/a
Include File: XcSmartMailLib.ASP
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| SmtpMail |
This is available from a commercial component vendor in both free and enhanced versions from www.softartisans.com.
Pros: Freeware version and Commericial Version with additional features.
Cons: n/a
Include File: XcSmartMailLib.ASP
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