How to ping server before sending mail with smtp

Oh and just because the ping takes more time does not mean it is not useful.

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Originally Posted by chris128

haha it didnt exist for me... I just got good old Failure Sending Mail each time I tried to do it

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www.doesnotexist.com

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Originally Posted by chris128

Oh and just because the ping takes more time does not mean it is not useful.

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How is it useful, other than as a network admin?

A funny thing happened on my way to a debate:

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    Dim srvrName As String = "mail.foo.bar"
    Dim smtpserver As New Net.Mail.SmtpClient(srvrName)
    Dim mailMessage As System.Net.Mail.MailMessage
    Private Sub foobar()

        'The argument for PING
        Try
            If My.Computer.Network.Ping(srvrName) Then
                smtpserver.Send("[email protected]", "[email protected]", "jjj", "jdfo")
                MessageBox.Show("Mail sent successfully")
            Else
                MessageBox.Show("Could not ping someaddress")
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
            'Exit Sub
        End Try

        'The opposing view - the one I support
        Try
            smtpserver.Send("[email protected]", "[email protected]", "jjj", "jdfo")
            MessageBox.Show("Mail sent successfully")
        Catch ex As Exception
            If Not ex.InnerException Is Nothing Then
                MessageBox.Show(ex.InnerException.Message)
            Else
                MessageBox.Show("Failure sending mail")
            End If
            'Exit Sub
        End Try

    End Sub

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Originally Posted by dbasnett

BTW - I just looked at your website. Very nice, short and succinct. San Antonio is a favorite of mine. I helped USAA build a SONET network on their campus, and did some major partying with some of them. Oh the stories.

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ahh very cool! My mom works at USAA. small world!
thank you for the kind words on the site as well! still a work in progress as i'm getting used to the wordpress platform, but it's gettin' there!