Jerry Stuckle wrote:

> So you're going to force all of your users to install PHP on their
> machines? Good luck - PHP is running on the server, not the client.

Read the original post. The client-side app is written in VB, not PHP.

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Toby A Inkster wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>> You're trying to connect to the user's MTA from your server? Good luck.
>> A correctly configured server won't allow it.
>
> It is quite clear that he is not attempting the above.
>
>> Or, if you're going to connect from the user's machine, then they will
>> have to install PHP on their machine.
>
> Yes, this is what he is trying to do. But the user will not have to
> install PHP on their machine. He stated in his original post that his
> application is written in VisualBASIC, not PHP.
>

I'm not entirely sure that's true. He's talked about POSTing data -
which would be to the server.

> Although he does not explicitly state it, it's likely that it will be
> distributed in compiled EXE form, so the only additional software that the
> user will need to install is Windows (or a Windows replacement such as
> WINE).
>
> Where PHP comes in is that he's had problems connecting to the user's
> outgoing mail server, because he can't guess the IP address. And rather
> than having the user configure the outgoing server himself, which might
> prove too confusing for them, he's decided that his VB app will send the
> message via HTTP to a server with a known address, running PHP.
>

Yes, his server. Then he's going to try to connect to their MTA from
his server. Which doesn't work.

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Toby A Inkster wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>> So you're going to force all of your users to install PHP on their
>> machines? Good luck - PHP is running on the server, not the client.
>
> Read the original post. The client-side app is written in VB, not PHP.
>

I can read, Toby. I understand how it's written.

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Toby A Inkster wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>> And this wouldn't be coming from the client, anyway. It would be coming
>> from Gilles' web server.
>
> If you read the OP carefully, then you'll see that it *would* be coming
> from a VB app on the client, but that Giles has already abandoned this
> idea as it would be too difficult to guess the IP address of the user's
> outgoing mail server.
>

But he's still asking about how to connect to the client's MTA....

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Jerry Stuckle wrote:

> Then he's going to try to connect to their MTA from his server.

No. No, he isn't.


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