E-mailing with VB6

how do you send an email to a set address trhough a VB6 EXE? thanks in advance

If you want to open your e-mail client with an e-mail address already entered, try ShellExecute: http://www.vb-world.net/demos/shellexecute/ (mailto:[email protected] instead of http://www...

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This is assuming you have a label named lblMail

VB Code:

'in a form
 
Private Sub lblMail_Click()
    
    On Error Resume Next
 
    ShellDocument "mailto:[email protected]"
 
End Sub

VB Code:

' in a module
 
Option Explicit
 
Public Declare Function ShellExecute& Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long)
Public Enum StartWindowState
    START_HIDDEN = 0
    START_NORMAL = 4
    START_MINIMIZED = 2
    START_MAXIMIZED = 3
End Enum
 
Public Function ShellDocument(sDocName As String, _
       Optional ByVal Action As String = "Open", _
       Optional ByVal Parameters As String = vbNullString, _
       Optional ByVal Directory As String = vbNullString, _
       Optional ByVal WindowState As StartWindowState) As Boolean
 
    Dim Response
    Response = ShellExecute(&O0, Action, sDocName, Parameters, Directory, WindowState)
 
    Select Case Response
 
        Case Is < 33
            ShellDocument = False
 
        Case Else
            ShellDocument = True
 
    End Select
 
End Function

or you can use the cdonts component