As for the other solutions offered here: beware of antivirus blocking your ports.

I once used Rolands smtp sample code and McAffee was blocking "attacks by worms …or something similar", meaning it would block port 25. We had to add our powerbuilder program to the list of exceptions of McAffee to get things working. (by the way you would also find Outlook.exe already added to that list, so it seems to be a common thing).

We use MS Outlook to send our emails. Before we had the option of sending with (simple) MAPI. That somehow gave us a lot of problems from pb 12.6 onwards. We tried with all the INI settings, it just doesn't work right anymore.

Now we still use MAPI, but only to show the Address Book, since the MAPI version has the advantage of bringing that window to the front (instead of blinking in the toolbar like when using OLE and having the need for users to first notice that and then click on the blinking icon it to bring the list to the front).

If I remember well, the send simply freezes, so for that we use OLE.

Anyway one change we had to make was to add the default profile name and an empty string for the password to the mailLogon() call:

// Create a mail session
 mSes = CREATE Mailsession

 // Log on to the session
 // Trident 1 11/08/15 underlying changes to MAPI made by SAP
mRet = mSes.mailLogon(gnv_app.is_defaultprofile, "")

Another thing I suppose you already know, is that for gmail you have to enter the configuration of your account and allow "less secure apps":

https://devanswers.co/allow-less-secure-apps-access-gmail-account/

HIH,

MiguelL.

Hi Gimmy;

  I guess for GMail in today's world ... we should be using the Google RESTful API vs the old iMAP or SMTP protocols ...

FYI:  https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/

Regards

Thanks Roland for your contribution.

I'm trying with your application 'pbnismtp', but I'm still in the mud.

it does not work.

I enclose configuration and error message.

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Hi Chris.

I try to use your application 'STD_FC_SMTP_v1.0.0.3_PB12.1_Classic_B6518_2015-12-22'

but it does not send mail.

( look image down )

p.s.

i try with both setting in PB.INI

Hi Gimmy;

  PB2017 uses Extended MAPI by default. If your mail provider does not support this, you would need to change the setting by updating your PB.INI file, as follows:

[PB]
; No = Extended MAPI
UseSimpleMAPI=yes

That would put your App's back to the using the older protocol. If that works, then you would need to create your own PB.INI file in the App's folder for the EXE to work as well. Then don't forget to deploy the App's PB.INI with your EXE into production.

HTH

Regards ... Chris

You didn't say what error or non-action you are getting.

Maybe you should use SMTP instead:

http://www.topwizprogramming.com/pbnismtp.html

SMTP sends the email directly to the mail server. The built in functions you are trying to use go through your mail client.

SMTP won't put a copy in your Outlook Sent Items folder. You could however send a BCC to yourself and add a rule in Outlook to move them from Inbox to Sent Items.

Ecosystem:  Windows 10