>>Hi
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>>I'm looking at automating some email process.
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>>Looking at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297700
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>>I can test my mail by dropping files in the pickup folder on my PC and they then get emailed correctly.
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>>But if I use Blat I have to specify an SMTP mail server.
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>>How does the first method know how to route the message out of my PC.
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>According to the KB article it looks like the Pickup folder method makes use of the Microsoft SMTP Service to send mail. This service no doubt has already been configured (by you, or your network admin) with appropriate server information.
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>Does Blat use MS's SMTP server, or does it include its own? If the latter, that might explain why it asks for server info.
The pickup folder method seems to use a server related to my ISP. its not something I've configured locally. I was wondering how the pickup method "knew" which smtp server to use.