[02/03] problem with mail server when attempting to send mail

ye ye its me again!
ok heres the deal, im making a program that sends e-mails, with the code found @ this thread
ok i got the code all runing and working, manually fixed some errors, ask if u want the source.
my problem is that when i send the mail its send from a different e-mail address that it was ment to? xD
it is send from the e-mail adres MS outlock has...
any ideas? plx? :D

bibi :wave:

PS: post #50, i promise 2 be better (lol)

Post the code that you are using. Also what email address is it using? For example, is it using the address that you ment to use as the To address, or is it one that you have no idea where it is coming from?

hey m8

VB Code:

'the import:
Imports System.Web.Mail
 
 
 
'here lol
  Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
 
    ' Variable which will send the mail
    Private obj As System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail
 
    'Variable to store the attachments 
    Private Attachment As System.Web.Mail.MailAttachment
 
    'Variable to create the message to send
    Private Mailmsg As New System.Web.Mail.MailMessage
 
 
 
'@ the button sub:
Dim Counter As Integer
 
        'Validate the data
        If Txtsmtpserver.Text = "" Then
            MsgBox("Enter the SMTP server info ...!!!", MsgBoxStyle.Information, "Send Email")
            Exit Sub
        End If
 
        If txtfromemail.Text = "" Then
            MsgBox("Enter your Email address.", MsgBoxStyle.Information, "Send Email")
            Exit Sub
        End If
 
        If txtto.Text = "" Then
            MsgBox("Enter the Recipient's Email address.", MsgBoxStyle.Information, "Send Email")
            Exit Sub
        End If
 
        If txtsubject.Text = "" Then
            MsgBox("Please enter an e-mail subject.", MsgBoxStyle.Information, "Send Email")
            Exit Sub
        End If
 
        'Set the properties
        'Assign the SMTP server
        obj.SmtpServer = Txtsmtpserver.Text
        'Multiple recepients can be specified using ; as the delimeter
        'Address of the recipient
        Mailmsg.To = txtto.Text
 
 
        'Your From Address
        'You can also use a custom header Reply-To for a different replyto address
        'Mailmsg.From = "\" & txtFromName.Text & "\ <" & txtFromEmail.Text & ">"
 
 
        'Specify the body format
        If chkFormat.Checked = True Then
            Mailmsg.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Html   'Send the mail in HTML Format
        Else
            Mailmsg.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Text
        End If
 
        'If you want you can add a reply to header 
        'Mailmsg.Headers.Add("Reply-To", "[email protected]")
        'custom headersare added like this
        'Mailmsg.Headers.Add("Manoj", "TestHeader")
 
        'Mail Subject
        Mailmsg.Subject = txtsubject.Text
 
        'Attach the files one by one
        For Counter = 0 To lstAttachment.Items.Count - 1
            Attachment = New MailAttachment(lstAttachment.Items(Counter))
            'Add it to the mail message
            Mailmsg.Attachments.Add(Attachment)
        Next
 
        'Mail Body
        Mailmsg.Body = txtmessage.Text
        'Call the send method to send the mail
        obj.Send(Mailmsg)

ok it sends the e-mail from the address i send e-mails from outlock, from a site i got.
i mean, when i send an e-mail from outlock, i send it from [email protected]
so when i send an e-mail from the program writing as host ex: mail.tee.gr it still sends it as [email protected] from asbanda.mail.info :(
thanx

I'm not quite getting what the issue is.
The email is being sent from [email protected].
But you want something different to be displayed in the from property?

If that is correct, you aren't setting the From property of the email. It's commneted out right under where you are setting the To property. So if you uncomment

VB Code:

Mailmsg.From

and set the from address it should appear to be sent from that email address (If I am understandign your issue correctly).

i mean, i set as the host i wanna the e-mail 2 b sent, mail.yahoo.gr, and the from as [email protected]
but it sends an e-mail from mail.asbanda.info, from the e-mail [email protected] :(
i set a server, but its sent fromm a different server, the one outlock gots to send e-mails
sorry for my english :(

For one thing you can only send mail using Yahoo if you have their pay account. The free account doesn't supports pop and smtp.

I don't have 02/03 installed on the system I am on, so I can't verify where this is, but if you do have the pay account with yahoo, you have to set the Username and password for that account to be able to send mail to it. In 2005 it's called netcredentials.

well, u may be right, but i used an external e-mail application, and sended an e-mail from mail.yahoo.gr while i have the free account... i dont know a lot for mailstuff, do u think it wasnt usind smtp?

I don't know how they did it.