.aspx email page to a friend help??

Hi, I am using the below code to attempt to email a page to a friend on my site.

I have set up the code correctly, and uploaded it to my server, but I do not know how to set up the page to actually send out emails and was hoping you could help. I am very inexperienced with .aspx, but would appreciate any kind of guidance.

After looking at the page I've published, it looks like I need to set up some sort of configuration for it to work. Can someone PLEASE help?

<%
'*******************************************************
'*     ASP 101 Sample Code - http://www.asp101.com/    *
'*                                                     *
'*   This code is made available as a service to our   *
'*      visitors and is provided strictly for the      *
'*               purpose of illustration.              *
'*                                                     *
'*      http://www.asp101.com/samples/license.asp      *
'*                                                     *
'* Please direct all inquiries to webmaster@asp101.com *
'*******************************************************
%>
<H3>Tell a Friend:</H3>
<%
Dim objCDO                    ' Email object
Dim strFromName               ' From persons' real name
Dim strFromEmail, strToEmail  ' Email addresses
Dim strSubject, strBody       ' Message
Dim strThisPage               ' This page's URL
Dim strReferringPage          ' The referring page's URL
Dim bValidInput               ' A boolean indicating valid parameters
' Retrieve this page name and referring page name
strThisPage      = Request.ServerVariables("SCRIPT_NAME")
strReferringPage = Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")
' Debugging lines:
'Response.Write strThisPage & "<BR>" & vbCrLf
'Response.Write strReferringPage & "<BR>" & vbCrLf
' Read in and set the initial values of our message parameters
strFromName  = Trim(Request.Form("txtFromName"))
strFromEmail = Trim(Request.Form("txtFromEmail"))
strToEmail   = Trim(Request.Form("txtToEmail"))
strSubject   = "Check out ASP 101!"
strBody      = Trim(Request.Form("txtMessage"))

' I set the body message to a message that referenced the page the
' user arrived from.  This makes it great if you place a link to it
' from your different articles, but can be weird if people link in
' from other web sites.
If strBody = "" Then
 If strReferringPage = "" Or InStr(1, strReferringPage, "www.asp101.com", 1) = 0 Then
  strBody = ""
  strBody = strBody & "I found a site I thought you'd like to see:" & vbCrLf
  strBody = strBody & vbCrLf
  strBody = strBody & "   http://www.asp101.com" & vbCrLf
 Else
  strBody = ""
  strBody = strBody & "I found an article I thought you'd like to see:" & vbCrLf
  strBody = strBody & vbCrLf
  strBody = strBody & "   " & strReferringPage & vbCrLf
 End If
End If
 
' Quick validation just to make sure our parameters are somewhat valid
bValidInput = True
bValidInput = bValidInput And strFromName <> ""
bValidInput = bValidInput And IsValidEmail(strFromEmail)
bValidInput = bValidInput And IsValidEmail(strToEmail)
' If valid send email and show thanks, o/w show form
If bValidInput Then
 ' Set up our email object and send the message
 Set objCDO = Server.CreateObject("CDO.Message")
 objCDO.From     = strFromName & " <" & strFromEmail & ">"
 objCDO.To       = strToEmail
 objCDO.Subject  = strSubject
 objCDO.TextBody = strBody
 objCDO.Send
 Set objCDO = Nothing
 ' Show our thank you message
 ShowThanksMsg
Else
 If "http://" & Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_HOST") & strThisPage = strReferringPage Then
  Response.Write "There's been an error.  Please check your entries:" & "<BR>" & vbCrLf
 End If
 ' Show our information retrieval form
 ShowReferralForm strThisPage, strFromName, strFromEmail, strToEmail, strBody
End If
' End of page logic... subs and functions follow! 
%>

<%
' Subroutines and Functions that encapsulate some functionality
' and make the above code easier to write... and read.
' A quick email syntax checker.  It's not perfect,
' but it's quick and easy and will catch most of
' the bad addresses than people type in.
Function IsValidEmail(strEmail)
 Dim bIsValid
 bIsValid = True
 
 If Len(strEmail) < 5 Then
  bIsValid = False
 Else
  If Instr(1, strEmail, " ") <> 0 Then
   bIsValid = False
  Else
   If InStr(1, strEmail, "@", 1) < 2 Then
    bIsValid = False
   Else
    If InStrRev(strEmail, ".") < InStr(1, strEmail, "@", 1) + 2 Then
     bIsValid = False
    End If
   End If
  End If
 End If
 IsValidEmail = bIsValid
End Function
' I made this a function just to get it out of the
' logic and make it easier to read.  It just shows the
' form that asks for the input
Sub ShowReferralForm(strPageName, strFromName, strFromEmail, strToEmail, strBody)
 ' I use script_name so users can rename this script witout having to change the code.
 %>
 <FORM ACTION="<%= strPageName %>" METHOD="post" name=frmReferral>
 <TABLE BORDER="0">
 <TR>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><STRONG>Your Name:</STRONG></TD>
  <TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="txtFromName" VALUE="<%= strFromName %>" SIZE="30"></TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><STRONG>Your E-mail:</STRONG></TD>
  <TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="txtFromEmail" VALUE="<%= strFromEmail %>" SIZE="30"></TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><STRONG>Friend's E-mail:</STRONG></TD>
  <TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="txtToEmail" VALUE="<%= strToEmail %>" SIZE="30"></TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><STRONG>Message:</STRONG></TD>
  <TD><TEXTAREA NAME="txtMessage" COLS="50" ROWS="5" WRAP="virtual" READONLY><%= strBody %></TEXTAREA>
 </TR>
 <TR>
  <TD></TD>
  <TD><INPUT TYPE="reset" VALUE="Reset Form" name=rstReferral>&nbsp;&nbsp;<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Send E-mail" name=subReferral></TD>
 </TR>
 </TABLE>
 </FORM>
 <%
 '<P>The Message to be sent:</P>
 '<P><B>Subject:</B> < %= strSubject % ></P>
 '<P><B>Body:</B> < %= strBody % ></P>
End Sub
' This just shows our thank you message... probably didn't need to
' be a function, but since I made the form one I figured I'd do this
' for consistency.
Sub ShowThanksMsg()
 %>
 <P>Your message has been sent.  Thanks for helping us spread the word about ASP 101!</P>
 <%
End Sub
%>

Code (markup):

 

Here are the most commonly used configuation parameters..

add them before using the Send method..

objCDO.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2

'Name or IP of remote SMTP server ( usually you can use the IP of the server )
objCDO.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = "smtp.server.com"

'Server port ( default is 25 )
objCDO.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 25 

objCDO.Configuration.Fields.Update

Code (markup):

references:
http://www.w3schools.com/asp/asp_send_email.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms526318(EXCHG.10).aspx

take care

 

Thank you so much for your reply.

I was wondering if you could please provide some clarification on a few parts.

So, I've attached the configuration fields to my .aspx file, but still can't seem to get it to work.

This is my newest .aspx file with the suggested configuration fields added to it at the beginning:

<H3>Tell a Friend:</H3>
<%
objCDO.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2

objCDO.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = "192.168.10.23"


objCDO.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 25 

objCDO.Configuration.Fields.Update
Dim objCDO                    ' Email object
Dim strFromName               ' From persons' real name
Dim strFromEmail, strToEmail  ' Email addresses
Dim strSubject, strBody       ' Message
Dim strThisPage               ' This page's URL
Dim strReferringPage          ' The referring page's URL
Dim bValidInput               ' A boolean indicating valid parameters
' Retrieve this page name and referring page name
strThisPage      = Request.ServerVariables("SCRIPT_NAME")
strReferringPage = Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")
' Debugging lines:
'Response.Write strThisPage & "<BR>" & vbCrLf
'Response.Write strReferringPage & "<BR>" & vbCrLf
' Read in and set the initial values of our message parameters
strFromName  = Trim(Request.Form("txtFromName"))
strFromEmail = Trim(Request.Form("txtFromEmail"))
strToEmail   = Trim(Request.Form("txtToEmail"))
strSubject   = "Check out 40 Years of Innovation!"
strBody      = Trim(Request.Form("txtMessage"))

' I set the body message to a message that referenced the page the
' user arrived from.  This makes it great if you place a link to it
' from your different articles, but can be weird if people link in
' from other web sites.
If strBody = "" Then
 If strReferringPage = "" Or InStr(1, strReferringPage, "www.asp101.com", 1) = 0 Then
  strBody = ""
  strBody = strBody & "I found a site I thought you'd like to see:" & vbCrLf
  strBody = strBody & vbCrLf
  strBody = strBody & "   http://www.iongeo..com" & vbCrLf
 Else
  strBody = ""
  strBody = strBody & "I found an article I thought you'd like to see:" & vbCrLf
  strBody = strBody & vbCrLf
  strBody = strBody & "   " & strReferringPage & vbCrLf
 End If
End If
 
' Quick validation just to make sure our parameters are somewhat valid
bValidInput = True
bValidInput = bValidInput And strFromName <> ""
bValidInput = bValidInput And IsValidEmail(strFromEmail)
bValidInput = bValidInput And IsValidEmail(strToEmail)
' If valid send email and show thanks, o/w show form
If bValidInput Then
 ' Set up our email object and send the message
 Set objCDO = Server.CreateObject("CDO.Message")
 objCDO.From     = strFromName & " <" & strFromEmail & ">"
 objCDO.To       = strToEmail
 objCDO.Subject  = strSubject
 objCDO.TextBody = strBody
 objCDO.Send
 Set objCDO = Nothing
 ' Show our thank you message
 ShowThanksMsg
Else
 If "http://" & Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_HOST") & strThisPage = strReferringPage Then
  Response.Write "There's been an error.  Please check your entries:" & "<BR>" & vbCrLf
 End If
 ' Show our information retrieval form
 ShowReferralForm strThisPage, strFromName, strFromEmail, strToEmail, strBody
End If
' End of page logic... subs and functions follow! 
%>

<%
' Subroutines and Functions that encapsulate some functionality
' and make the above code easier to write... and read.
' A quick email syntax checker.  It's not perfect,
' but it's quick and easy and will catch most of
' the bad addresses than people type in.
Function IsValidEmail(strEmail)
 Dim bIsValid
 bIsValid = True
 
 If Len(strEmail) < 5 Then
  bIsValid = False
 Else
  If Instr(1, strEmail, " ") <> 0 Then
   bIsValid = False
  Else
   If InStr(1, strEmail, "@", 1) < 2 Then
    bIsValid = False
   Else
    If InStrRev(strEmail, ".") < InStr(1, strEmail, "@", 1) + 2 Then
     bIsValid = False
    End If
   End If
  End If
 End If
 IsValidEmail = bIsValid
End Function
' I made this a function just to get it out of the
' logic and make it easier to read.  It just shows the
' form that asks for the input
Sub ShowReferralForm(strPageName, strFromName, strFromEmail, strToEmail, strBody)
%>
 <FORM ACTION="<%= strPageName %>" METHOD="post" name=frmReferral>
 <TABLE width="541" BORDER="0">
 <TR>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><STRONG>Your Name:</STRONG></TD>
  <TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="txtFromName" VALUE="<%= strFromName %>" SIZE="30"></TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><STRONG>Your E-mail:</STRONG></TD>
  <TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="txtFromEmail" VALUE="<%= strFromEmail %>" SIZE="30"></TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><STRONG>Friend's E-mail:</STRONG></TD>
  <TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="txtToEmail" VALUE="<%= strToEmail %>" SIZE="30"></TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><STRONG>Message:</STRONG></TD>
  <TD><TEXTAREA NAME="txtMessage" COLS="50" ROWS="5" WRAP="virtual" READONLY><%= strBody %></TEXTAREA> </TR>
 <TR>
  <TD></TD>
  <TD><INPUT TYPE="reset" VALUE="Reset Form" name=rstReferral>&nbsp;&nbsp;<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Send E-mail" name=subReferral></TD>
 </TR>
 </TABLE>
 </FORM>
 <%
 '<P>The Message to be sent:</P>
 '<P><B>Subject:</B> < %= strSubject % ></P>
 '<P><B>Body:</B> < %= strBody % ></P>
End Sub
' This just shows our thank you message... probably didn't need to
' be a function, but since I made the form one I figured I'd do this
' for consistency.
Sub ShowThanksMsg()
 %>
 <P>Your message has been sent.  Thanks for helping us spread the word!</P>
 <%
End Sub
%>

Code (markup):

Might there be anything else that I have to include?

Thanks

 

Hi,

you would need to add the new lines after you create your objCDO object...

<H3>Tell a Friend:</H3>
<%

Dim objCDO                    ' Email object
Dim strFromName               ' From persons' real name
Dim strFromEmail, strToEmail  ' Email addresses
Dim strSubject, strBody       ' Message
Dim strThisPage               ' This page's URL
Dim strReferringPage          ' The referring page's URL
Dim bValidInput               ' A boolean indicating valid parameters
' Retrieve this page name and referring page name
strThisPage      = Request.ServerVariables("SCRIPT_NAME")
strReferringPage = Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")
' Debugging lines:
'Response.Write strThisPage & "<BR>" & vbCrLf
'Response.Write strReferringPage & "<BR>" & vbCrLf
' Read in and set the initial values of our message parameters
strFromName  = Trim(Request.Form("txtFromName"))
strFromEmail = Trim(Request.Form("txtFromEmail"))
strToEmail   = Trim(Request.Form("txtToEmail"))
strSubject   = "Check out 40 Years of Innovation!"
strBody      = Trim(Request.Form("txtMessage"))

' I set the body message to a message that referenced the page the
' user arrived from.  This makes it great if you place a link to it
' from your different articles, but can be weird if people link in
' from other web sites.
If strBody = "" Then
 If strReferringPage = "" Or InStr(1, strReferringPage, "www.asp101.com", 1) = 0 Then
  strBody = ""
  strBody = strBody & "I found a site I thought you'd like to see:" & vbCrLf
  strBody = strBody & vbCrLf
  strBody = strBody & "   http://www.iongeo..com" & vbCrLf
 Else
  strBody = ""
  strBody = strBody & "I found an article I thought you'd like to see:" & vbCrLf
  strBody = strBody & vbCrLf
  strBody = strBody & "   " & strReferringPage & vbCrLf
 End If
End If
 
' Quick validation just to make sure our parameters are somewhat valid
bValidInput = True
bValidInput = bValidInput And strFromName <> ""
bValidInput = bValidInput And IsValidEmail(strFromEmail)
bValidInput = bValidInput And IsValidEmail(strToEmail)
' If valid send email and show thanks, o/w show form
If bValidInput Then
 ' Set up our email object and send the message
 Set objCDO = Server.CreateObject("CDO.Message")

Code (vb):

it needs to go here, because you cannot manipulate propertied of an object
before that object exists

 objCDO.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2

 objCDO.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = "192.168.10.23"

 objCDO.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 25 

 objCDO.Configuration.Fields.Update

Code (asp):

 objCDO.From     = strFromName & " <" & strFromEmail & ">"
 objCDO.To       = strToEmail
 objCDO.Subject  = strSubject
 objCDO.TextBody = strBody
 objCDO.Send
 Set objCDO = Nothing
 ' Show our thank you message
 ShowThanksMsg
Else
 If "http://" & Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_HOST") & strThisPage = strReferringPage Then
  Response.Write "There's been an error.  Please check your entries:" & "<BR>" & vbCrLf
 End If
 ' Show our information retrieval form
 ShowReferralForm strThisPage, strFromName, strFromEmail, strToEmail, strBody
End If
' End of page logic... subs and functions follow! 
%>

<%
' Subroutines and Functions that encapsulate some functionality
' and make the above code easier to write... and read.
' A quick email syntax checker.  It's not perfect,
' but it's quick and easy and will catch most of
' the bad addresses than people type in.
Function IsValidEmail(strEmail)
 Dim bIsValid
 bIsValid = True
 
 If Len(strEmail) < 5 Then
  bIsValid = False
 Else
  If Instr(1, strEmail, " ") <> 0 Then
   bIsValid = False
  Else
   If InStr(1, strEmail, "@", 1) < 2 Then
    bIsValid = False
   Else
    If InStrRev(strEmail, ".") < InStr(1, strEmail, "@", 1) + 2 Then
     bIsValid = False
    End If
   End If
  End If
 End If
 IsValidEmail = bIsValid
End Function
' I made this a function just to get it out of the
' logic and make it easier to read.  It just shows the
' form that asks for the input
Sub ShowReferralForm(strPageName, strFromName, strFromEmail, strToEmail, strBody)
%>
 <FORM ACTION="<%= strPageName %>" METHOD="post" name=frmReferral>
 <TABLE width="541" BORDER="0">
 <TR>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><STRONG>Your Name:</STRONG></TD>
  <TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="txtFromName" VALUE="<%= strFromName %>" SIZE="30"></TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><STRONG>Your E-mail:</STRONG></TD>
  <TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="txtFromEmail" VALUE="<%= strFromEmail %>" SIZE="30"></TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><STRONG>Friend's E-mail:</STRONG></TD>
  <TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="txtToEmail" VALUE="<%= strToEmail %>" SIZE="30"></TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><STRONG>Message:</STRONG></TD>
  <TD><TEXTAREA NAME="txtMessage" COLS="50" ROWS="5" WRAP="virtual" READONLY><%= strBody %></TEXTAREA> </TR>
 <TR>
  <TD></TD>
  <TD><INPUT TYPE="reset" VALUE="Reset Form" name=rstReferral>&nbsp;&nbsp;<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Send E-mail" name=subReferral></TD>
 </TR>
 </TABLE>
 </FORM>
 <%
 '<P>The Message to be sent:</P>
 '<P><B>Subject:</B> < %= strSubject % ></P>
 '<P><B>Body:</B> < %= strBody % ></P>
End Sub
' This just shows our thank you message... probably didn't need to
' be a function, but since I made the form one I figured I'd do this
' for consistency.
Sub ShowThanksMsg()
 %>
 <P>Your message has been sent.  Thanks for helping us spread the word!</P>
 <%
End Sub
%>

Code (vb):

hope this helps..

 

Thanks a lot gnp.

I got it it work with your help, and learned how .aspx files are configured along the way.

Take it easy.

 

glad i could help