On Thu, 19 May 2005 Jeff Cochran <jeff.nospam@zina.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 May 2005 09:34:05 -0700, Stimp <ren@spumco.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to send a mail using CDONTS with a .FROM email
>>address that doesn't exist (like bob@nowhere.com), but it won't send
>>the mail unless I put a valid .FROM email address (i.e. of an email
>>address that exists)
>>
>>The mails I try to send on the Windows 2000 server are moved into the
>>mailroot/Badmail folder as spam.. so this would seem to be a built-in
>>spam prevention tool that CDONTS employs.
>>
>>This would be fine, if it always worked, but sometimes perfectly correct
>>email addresses don't work either.
>>
>>Is there any way to disable this spam-prevention so that I can send
>>emails no matter what the .FROM email address is?
>>
>>Any info would be great!
>
> There is no SPAM function in SMTP. Badmail is where mail that isn't
> correctly addressed or formatted gets dropped.

On Tue, 17 May 2005 09:34:05 -0700, Stimp <ren@spumco.com> wrote:

>I'm trying to send a mail using CDONTS with a .FROM email
>address that doesn't exist (like bob@nowhere.com), but it won't send
>the mail unless I put a valid .FROM email address (i.e. of an email
>address that exists)
>
>The mails I try to send on the Windows 2000 server are moved into the
>mailroot/Badmail folder as spam.. so this would seem to be a built-in
>spam prevention tool that CDONTS employs.
>
>This would be fine, if it always worked, but sometimes perfectly correct
>email addresses don't work either.
>
>Is there any way to disable this spam-prevention so that I can send
>emails no matter what the .FROM email address is?
>
>Any info would be great!

"Stimp" <ren@spumco.com> wrote in message
news:slrnd8k79h.btf.ren@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie...
> I'm trying to send a mail using CDONTS with a .FROM email
> address that doesn't exist (like bob@nowhere.com), but it won't send
> the mail unless I put a valid .FROM email address (i.e. of an email
> address that exists)
>
> The mails I try to send on the Windows 2000 server are moved into the
> mailroot/Badmail folder as spam.. so this would seem to be a built-in
> spam prevention tool that CDONTS employs.
>
> This would be fine, if it always worked, but sometimes perfectly correct
> email addresses don't work either.
>
> Is there any way to disable this spam-prevention so that I can send
> emails no matter what the .FROM email address is?
>
> Any info would be great!
> --
>
> "I hear ma train a comin'
> ... hear freedom comin"

On Thu, 19 May 2005 09:21:59 -0700, Stimp <ren@spumco.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 19 May 2005 Jeff Cochran <jeff.nospam@zina.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 May 2005 09:34:05 -0700, Stimp <ren@spumco.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm trying to send a mail using CDONTS with a .FROM email
>>>address that doesn't exist (like bob@nowhere.com), but it won't send
>>>the mail unless I put a valid .FROM email address (i.e. of an email
>>>address that exists)
>>>
>>>The mails I try to send on the Windows 2000 server are moved into the
>>>mailroot/Badmail folder as spam.. so this would seem to be a built-in
>>>spam prevention tool that CDONTS employs.
>>>
>>>This would be fine, if it always worked, but sometimes perfectly correct
>>>email addresses don't work either.
>>>
>>>Is there any way to disable this spam-prevention so that I can send
>>>emails no matter what the .FROM email address is?
>>>
>>>Any info would be great!
>>
>> There is no SPAM function in SMTP. Badmail is where mail that isn't
>> correctly addressed or formatted gets dropped.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>so... if I use an email address that doesn't exist in the .FROM field
>(like: testme@bananas.com) this won't work because it isn't correctly
>addressed?
>
>Btw, I've moved from CDONTS to CDO, but still have the same problem

On Fri, 20 May 2005 Jeff Cochran <jeff.nospam@zina.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 May 2005 09:21:59 -0700, Stimp <ren@spumco.com> wrote:
>
>>so... if I use an email address that doesn't exist in the .FROM field
>>(like: testme@bananas.com) this won't work because it isn't correctly
>>addressed?
>>
>>Btw, I've moved from CDONTS to CDO, but still have the same problem
>
> It might not. Especially if the domain doesn't exist. Have you
> checked the BDR files to see why it dodn't work?