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In asp.net is there a function to validate an email address?

I've noticed that if you try to send an email to an invalid address, an exception is raised: MailAddress To=new MailAddress("invalidemailaddress","recipientname"); throws: "The specified string is not in the form required for an e-mail address" This means that there must be a .Net function which is executed in MailAddress to check...

How to make an email bot that replies to users not reply to auto-responses and get itself into mail loops.

I have a bot that replies to users. But sometimes when my bot sends its reply, the user or their email provider will auto-respond (vacation message, bounce message, error from mailer-daemon, etc). That is then a new message from the user (so my bot thinks) that it in turn replies to. Mail loop! I'd like my bot to only reply to real e...

What is the best way (CSS/Tables/Inline Styles/External Stylesheets) to format an email?

I'm planning on composing HTML mail for a mailing list. How should I format it? The two dichotomies I've contemplated are: CSS, specifically, aligned divs, versus tables for layout Inline styles style="width: 60%" versus external stylesheets What is the going best practice or give me some war stories regarding email formatting? ...

Does an 'Email' class belong in model or view?

I have a User class in the model and need to send a password reminder email. Does the controller instantiate a User and pass it (or values from it, rather) to a Email class in the view? In which case, would the controller then do the actual sending of the email? Or would the controller call User::sendEmail() and there not even be a vi...

Problems with Mail Merge macro run from Excel

I have created a macro to automate a Word mail merge from excel. Below is my code. The macro is stopping at the highlighted section Sub RunMerge() Dim wd As Object Dim wdocSource As Object Dim strWorkbookName As String On Error Resume Next Set wd = GetObject(, "Word.Application") If wd Is Nothing Then Set wd = CreateObject("Word....

asp.net - how to make use of 2 or more email servers for failsafe

I have code that relies heavily on email notification. In my web.config I am able to specify an smtp server like this: <system.net> <mailSettings> <smtp from="[email protected]"> <network host="mail.mydomain.com" port="25" userName="myusername" password="mypassword" defaultCredentials="true"/> </smtp> <...

Android:how to validate an e-mail address

What's the best practice to validate an e-mail address (e.g. from an user input field) in Android? org.apache.commons.validator.routines.EmailValidator doesn't seem to be available. Are there any other libraries doing this which are included in Android already or would I have to use RegExp? ...

Launch my app using email attachement

Hi, I want to bind my app to some file extension so when I receive an email with an attached file with the correct extension, clicking on it will launch my app and pass it the attached file. Is it possible ? How ? Thx --G. ...

Attachments+Html generated with commons-email doesn't show in some email clients

Hi, I've been using the org.apache.commons.mail.HtmlEmail class, from apache commons-mail, for some time. Eventually, some users complain that the email shows with no attachemnts on their e-mail client (problem reported in Outlook 2007 and Lotus Notes). One user have even analysed the problem and sent me the following link: http://sup...

Sending mail from bash shell script.

I am writing a bash shell script for Mac that sends email notification by opening an automator application that sends email out with the default mail account in Mail.app. The automator application also attaches a text file that the script has written to. The problems with this solution are It is visible in the GUI when sending It steal...

Preparing a database in access? need help!

I am working in a small law firm and my boss has asked me to put a database together to help with outgoing mail. There are 5 different tables that exist in Access. (Applicants, Attorneys, Lien Claimants, Employers and Workers Compensation Boards) All of the tables include addresses only. Each Applicant has an attorney, one or possibly...

Why is the From line not working on my mail function?

I am using a mail function to send html to an email address, but the From name and email address aren't showing up. This is my code: $name = $_POST['name']; $mailTo = '[email protected]'; $subject = 'Message from ' . $_POST['name']; $message = '<html> <head> <title>HTML email</title> </head> <body> <p><...

Use PHP mail to send via smtp

Hello all, Does anybody know if you can configure php's mail() command so it will only use an SMTP server rather than the local sendmail? We are having trouble with emails being marked as spam. Our server is running RedHat 5 Enterprise. I am aware of various PHP libraries that act as an SMTP client but I'd rather configure PHP so mail...

secure email form, header injection query

I'm using the following to clean up input from my contact form: <?php $name = strip_tags(stripslashes($_POST['name'])); //this is repeated for several other fields, then: if(isInjected($name)) { die(); } /* see isInjected function below */ // send the mail ?> I'm using this function: <?php /* function from http://phpsense.com/p...

reading mails using python

how do i read mails from my mail box using python?? import getpass, imaplib M = imaplib.IMAP4('IMAP4.gmail.com:993') M.login(getpass.getuser(), getpass.getpass()) M.select() typ, data = M.search(None, 'ALL') for num in data[0].split(): typ, data = M.fetch(num, '(RFC822)') print 'Message %s\n%s\n' % (num, data[0][1]) M.close() M....

how to temporarily disable email notification while updating items in code?

Hi all, I am having trouble with temporarily disable email notification while updating items so the system will not send out any unnecessary email. What I am trying to accomplish is that disable alert, updates item, then enable alert back. SPList tasklist = Web.Lists["Tasks"]; tasklist.EnableAssignToEmail = false; //This property...

php mail function..... Iam getting output as "mail failed". can you please help me to get it done.

i am using xampp for windows can you help me to configure smtp server..... output is Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in D:\installed\xampp\htdocs\mail.php on line 13 Mail failed ...

PHP Email Array Regular Expression

Given a list of emails, formated: "FirstName Last" <[email protected]>, "NewFirst NewLast" <[email protected]> How can I build this into a string array of Only email addresses (I don't need the names). ...

Dont add commas to number in mailchimp

Hi Im using a merge tag to show a number in an email eg 123456788 however mailchimp changes it to 123,456,789. Is it possible to stop this? It is a number type column. ...

php set email user agent

Hi, I have an application that sends verification emails to people account email address, but sometimes it goes into their spam filter, after an analysis on the email we found that one of the reasons is because of having no user agent name. is there a way to set this using php's default email sender? thanks ...