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Video: Sending an E-mail Message with a VBScript Using CDO.Message

  • ·Skill level: 200 (Beginner - Intermediate)
  • ·Run Time: 18:10
  • ·Instructor: Grant Moyle

Description:

This video shows how to use a simple Visual Basic Scripting Edition (.vbs) script to send an e-mail message. Useful for Administrators and programmers.

Just a few highlights from this video:
  • Using VBScript to send email through SMTP (in this case, the SMTP server is an Exchange Server)
  • Using VBScript variables to create objects and store values for CDO Messages
  • Using WScript.Echo to verify your mail was sent successfully
  • Basic error handling within VBScript using CDO
  • Discussions of the various properties and methods exposed by CDO
  • Using the Configuration.Fields method of CDO to add schemas to your outbound email


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Grant Moyle

Grant A. Moyle is the founder of Confuzer Inc, an Illinois-based Windows, Exchange, and Networking consulting firm specializing in Implementation and Troubleshooting Active Directory and Exchange. He has been a Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) since the days of NT4 and a Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP) since 2003. He has a Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering background from Johns Hopkins University, and over 10 y... (Grant's full bio can be found here)


NOTE: This video is part of our Exchange Server 2003 Administration course.
This video is from Chapter 3: Administration: Tools, Utilities and Common Tasks

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