Outlook Express 6 and VB6

I am using Outlook Express 6.0 and I use the Mapi Controls in VB6 to send email via OE6 like this:

Code:

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mapMess.RecipDisplayName = Text3.Text
    mapMess.RecipAddress = Text5.Text
   
    mapMess.MsgSubject = "Customer Newsletter"

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The problem is this always uses my OE6 default email address however I want to use my "Email-to-SMS" service for which I need to specify my other email address (not the default) as the "From" email address.

How do I specify a different "From" address so that it does not use my default OE6 email address but my other email address instead?

You cant specify a different From address unless its an actual valid account. This prevents email fraud and spammers.

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You cant specify a different From address unless its an actual valid account. This prevents email fraud and spammers.

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Thanks for the reply.

Yes, I wish to specify a valid email account not a phony account.

Please advise should anyone know how to specify my other valid email account (not my default email account).

You have to go into Outlook Express and specxify which will be your default address. Then when you send with MAPI it will pickup the default.

Oh I see.

So there is not way to select the account from which to send the mail directly from VB6?

You could monitor the registry and see how OE specifies the default account in the registry. Then change account defaults via code.

Thanks RobDog888, sounds like that may be for more advanced users :D I will make an effort to learn about it though.

Appreciate the help :)

The registry isnt too hard but the user will need permissions to read /write to the key. Search the forums for RegOpenKey or RegQueryInfoKey and you will find some example code.

I get shivers working with the registry in real time :D

But thanks for the info. Will make sure I know what I am doing before I dig too deep in the registry.