what has superseeded CDONTS?

[damon2003]

Hi,

CDONTS used to be the way to send emails from ASP, isnt there a new improved way? What is it?

thanks

[buntine]

CDO. See: http://www.w3schools.com/asp/asp_send_email.asp
Here is an article explaining how to send emails without CDO: http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/041599-2.shtml

There are also several third-party components available, such as www.aspemail.com from Persits.

Regards.

[Bullschmidt]

And some more related links:

How do I send e-mail with CDO?
http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2026

VBScript To Send Email Using CDO
http://www.paulsadowski.com/WSH/cdo.htm
JPS interesting about halfway down is: Sending a text email using authentication against a remote SMTP server

How do I send e-mail from ASP?
http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2119
"There are also several other components available (if we missed any, let us know)."

Email (with Attachment)
http://www.asp101.com/samples/email_attach.asp