>Thanks a lot for the tip. I did not know it was so easy. Why don't you include it in your control, or as an additional feature in a different version? I have seen many SMTP email controls, but only one supporting direct sending (www.pablob.net).
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>>You can write your own server very easily. To convert your SMTP component into a mail server, you simply need to add the MX lookup capabilities.
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>>Use an MX lookup on the recipients address domain, then use the smtp component to send the email directly with their server. No authentication is ever needed for a local account recipient.

It is definitely an idea worth looking into. We have all the code needed to do it, so maybe I will have that added as a new feature.

Thanks