Sending mail with VB 6.0

Ok,i'm trying to send mail with this library http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=109

Code:

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Private Sub Command1_Click()

Set poSendMail = New vbSendMail.clsSendMail
poSendMail.UsePopAuthentication = True
poSendMail.ConnectTimeout = "50"
poSendMail.SMTPHost = "smtp.abv.bg"
poSendMail.SMTPPort = "25"
poSendMail.POP3Host = "pop3.abv.bg"
poSendMail.UserName = "whatever"
poSendMail.Password = "whatever"

poSendMail.From = "[email protected]"
poSendMail.FromDisplayName = "whatever"
poSendMail.Recipient = "[email protected]"
poSendMail.RecipientDisplayName = sashko
poSendMail.ReplyToAddress = "[email protected]"
poSendMail.Subject = "whatever"
poSendMail.Message = "whatever"

poSendMail.Send
Set poSendMail = Nothing

End Sub

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And i'm getting the following error "Authentication failed".What cause this?Does anyone knows?Note that username,password and the SMTP and POP3 hosts are correct.I really don't know what's wrong.Sorry if that's wrong place for this thread.

Welcome to the forums. :wave:

Are you sure Port 25 is the right port?

This is from documentation of the library - "The SMTP port on the remote host. This property has a default value of 25, which conforms to the SMTP standard. Unless you are sending mail via a machine where the SMTP port was changed to a non-standard value, you don't have to set this property."

Some ISP's block port 25 as its commonly abused by apps for sending spam.
You may need to put into your app a option to enter in the desired port number that their ISP will allow in these cases. A common bypass is port 2525.

Ok,there is something else,this code must be working properly but here is the problem,i tried with SMTPHost of another mail "smtp.icmail.net" and doesn't work.After that i tried with "smtp.gmail.com" of course i've changed port and other things and when i run the program i get the following message in the Status event
"Connecting to POP3 server (mail.icmail.net" and after that an error which says that the password or username is wrong.Note that i use the code below!!!!!***?What POP3 server,what "mail.icmail.net"???For second time...i'm using the posted code below.The program always tries to connect to "mail.icmail.net" :eek: I've created new project which use the same code but the same thing happens. :(

most of the vbsendmail settings are saved in the registry, though it appears that your code should still connect to the correct server,
put a breakpoint on the send line and test the value of smtphost and port

Some free mail services dont allow smtp connections like what vbSendMail is trying to do.