Re: local SMTP or Not for .NET application?

From: Dominick Baier [DevelopMentor] (dbaier_at_pleasepleasenospamdevelop.com)
Date: 06/21/05


Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:59:57 -0700

Hello Shannon,

.NET has no built in support for SMTP over TLS.

So sending to the local SMTP relay and using IPSEC for mail forwarding sounds
good to me.

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Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
http://www.leastprivilege.com

> We have an existing SMTP server running GroupWise where we wish to
> consolidate email delivery for users and applications.
>
> What is the best way to send mail from within a .NET application via
> this external (to the Web server) SMTP server?
>
> SMTP + relay + auth in an IPSEC tunnel to connect to our primary SMTP
> mail server (GroupWise) from the Web server looks like it would work
> fine, but is it the best way?
>
> I am aware of CDOSYS and some commercial DLLs that allow devs to send
> mail from within .ASP and .NET without local SMTP service running but
> I am not sure how secure this is.
>
> Is there any OTHER way to connect to an external SMTP server securely
> for mail delivery from a .NET application?
>



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