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iTextSharp - Sending in-memory pdf in an email attachment

I've asked a couple of questions here but am still having issues. I'd appreciate if you could tell me what I am doing wrong in my code. I run the code above from a ASP.Net page and get "Cannot Access a Closed Stream". var doc = new Document(); MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(); PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, memoryStream); d...

Best way to throttle email on Windows Server 2008

I have a server with SMTP set up for my site's outbound email. In order to not get blacklisted I'd like to limit outbound emails to under an arbitrary threshold (let's say 500 per hour). What's the best way to implement this? The two possibilities I see would be: 1) Some sort of outbound throttling within the SMTP Virtual Server (Not...

Are there other methods than emailing a verification link to verify account info?

At the moment, we are sending an email address verification email each time someone signs up. This email has been causing a number of problems: people don't get it, they just don't click the link in the email or the email gets block by spam or some other method. We are working on resolving the spam issue, although I don't think it's poss...

MailEnable problem: Previously-working Mailbox.AddMailbox() call now fails

I have recently taken over responsibility for a C# project that uses MailEnable to add some very basic email support between the multiple users of this bespoke software. The previous developer had left it in a state where I could build the software and, from 2 machines, run up a multi-user session and initiate a MailEnable-driven email ...

File uploading and email in JSP

I need to make a simple page in JSP. I've never worked in JSP before ever. I have a form that has two fields: one is a file upload field and the other is a textbox. The user enters one email address in the field and uploads a file and upon submission. I should be able to email the attachment to the email address entered. I need a quick...

Why do I get 5.5.4 Invalid Address error?

I tried to send an email using the following code: MailMessage message = new MailMessage(); message.From = new MailAddress(fromMailAddress.Trim()); message.To.Add(new MailAddress(toMailAddress.Trim())); message.Subject = subject; message.Body = body; message.SubjectEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8; message....

Sending an email from a UITextfield

Hello, I'd like a user to be able to enter a string into a textfield, press done, and have the data emailed to my inbox, but I have no idea how to go about doing this. Could somebody describe the basic steps I need to look into, things I need to learn, recommend tutorials, sample code, etc. I would like to avoid opening the mail app if ...

Sending email with a Ruby script - 501 5.5.4 Invalid Address

Hi all, I'm trying to send email with a Ruby script, but my proof of concept isn't working. I can telnet to the mail server and send mail that way, but this script causes the mail server to raise an error: 501 5.5.4 Invalid Address #!/usr/bin/ruby require 'net/smtp' def send_email(to, subject = "", body = "") from = "[email protected]...

server for email, calendar and contacts

I'm looking for a solution like an exchange server for email, calendar, contacts, etc. I would prefer to use a open source solution. Any suggestions? The client PCs are using Mac/Unix and Windows, so the server must be accessible from all platforms. I prefer to used a non-Web-based solution, but i'm open to web-based suggestions if they...

email parsing system

i am building a system for automatically parsing incoming emails and populating a database from them initially there will only be 10-20 expected formats coming in, but long term there is the possibility of thousands of different formats the way i see it i need to identify format of email (eg regex on subject line) parse the email wi...

Seeing "on Behalf of" in system generated emails

Hello, I use a PHP mailer with of my online programs and recently when I look in outlook I see '[email protected] on behalf of My Mailer [[email protected]]' when I receive emails from any of my domains. Previously the [email protected] was [email protected]: Return-path: <[email protected]> Received: fro...

Risks in sending out high volume of emails over SMTP

Hi, What are the risks, if any, of sending out massive amounts of emails over SMTP? Specifically, this question is regarding the risks of being labelled/blacklisted as spammers of spoofers. Our mails are legitimate, however. Our system needs to send out reminders to our corporate users on a daily basis, which may number into the thousa...

Debugging an SMTP Timeout Error

I'm working on a Rails project that utilizes Action Mailer to send out mail campaigns. For the moment I have been testing everything with a plain old GMail account. Getting closer to release now and I've decided to switch the smtp server to our local mail server. This is all well and dandy until we attempt to actually send mail. With th...

Email Group Configuration in CC.NET using a single config file

Hello, We have started using CC.NET for continuous integration and as the number of projects monitored builds up I would like configure the email alerts via a single config file. What I mean by this is that I would like to have a list of the users in different groups in a single config file that is referenced by ALL the project configu...

Open source alternatives to Port25 (PowerMTA)

I'm trying to find some open source alternatives to PowerMTA - specifically a mail delivery backend that handles email delivery, inbound bounces & replies, reporting & load balancing. I'm interested in building an open-source front end of top of one of these systems. I haven't had much luck locating a suitable open source system. Does ...

PHP mail error ... failed to open stream

I am trying to send email using PHP mail. I get the following error: Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0 Fatal error: Unknown: Failed opening required '/home/webtest/help/ask_us.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in Unknown on line 0 The PHP code is as follows: <?php $...

Sending email using .NET

I have the following code but I am getting an exception that a smtp host is not defined. If I am running this and testing on my local machine from visual studio, what do I need to do to be able to send email from my machine. Do I have to turn on some Windows service? private void SendMailToAdminToApprove(string email_, string name_) {...

error sending email in .NET

i am getting an error saying "5.7.1: Unable to relay for [email protected]" any ideas what this means? ...

Ruby Email Client Recommendation

We are writing an email web client in Ruby to handle (potentially international) emails. I am looking for a high-level email library that supports retrieving emails, parsing email raw, decoding MIME, and converting input into UTF-8. Is there a library that you can recommend? ...

Send email with attachments in PHP?

How can I send emails with attachments with a PHP script? ...