A1. This is a permission problem. Make sure Everyone has Full Control over the file AspEmail.dll.

Q2. Why am I getting the error message

Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 800401f3'
Server.CreateObject Failed
Invalid class string

A2. It means that either the component has not been registered on the server or the ProgID passed to the Server.CreateObject method is misspelled. The ProgID must be "Persits.MailSender".

Q3. When running the SendMail.asp sample application, I always receive the following error message. What does it mean and how can I fix it?

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a01a8'
Object required: 'Session(...)'

A3. This error means the global.asa file is not being executed. Open the Microsoft Management Console, bring up the properties of a virtual directory in which SendMail.asp is placed, and on the main property tab, click the "Create" button under the Application Settings.

Q4. Why am I getting the error message

550 Relaying Denied

Q5. Why is Server.CreateObject generating the error message

Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 8002801d'
Server.CreateObject Failed
Library not registered.

A5. This error usually occurs because of tight security settings in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT section of the registry. To fix the error, run regedt32 and select the key

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{794D6711-F0F0-11D2-BEB0-009027438003}

From the Security menu, select Permissions. Add Everyone to the permission list and assign Full Control to the Everyone account. Make sure the setting propagates to the sub-keys as well.

Q6. When I try to send a message longer than a few hundred characters, the received message seems truncated and sometimes contains stray characters such as '!'. Does AspEmail have a limitation on the length of a message body?

A6. This occurs because your mail server imposes a restriction on the length of individual lines in a message body. According to SMTP specifications, this limit is 76 characters per line. To ensure that your message does not contain lines longer than 76 characters, you can:

1. Insert the end-of-line character pairs chr(13) & chr(10) into your message body as follows: Mail.Body = "line 1" & chr(13) & chr(10) & "line 2" etc.

or