>Hi,
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>I'm using the mswinsck.ocx to send smtp emails with attachment. I'm encoding the data using UUencode. First, I wonder whether I should use MIME instead of UUencode. Second, I cannot figure out how to send HTML message.
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>I do not use CDO because the client machine may not have outlook (or any MAPI email client) and its OS can be Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 2003.
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>Thank you for any help,
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>Peter

Hello,

MIME is a message formatting method for having multiple pieces or views of data. UUEncode is an encoding format for transporting data over 7-bit systems. Generally within a MIME message, you use either Base64, or quoted-printable as per the specifications.

If you want HTML Messages you will need to use MIME for the creation.

If you want to save yourself some time and worry, you might want to check out my SMTP solution @ http://www.SeekfordSolutions.com/Products/SMTPWizard/
You will find that many SMTP servers and authentication mechanisms may be slightly different in their implementations and thus cause issues with your software. The reason to go third party is total cost(meaning, writing the code yourself and debugging may cost significantly more) and reliability.

Good luck on your project. I hope I have helped some.