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tdg -> Unix -vs- Windows 2000/NT (3/20/2002 7:56:43)

I've recently switched over to a new ISP, where I find myself situated on a Windows 2000 server. This is my initial experience on Win/NT, the bulk of my knowledge rooted in Unix.

With that said I'm currently involved in getting some of my (Perl) cgi scripts up & running. The one I'm focused on right now requires the path to whatever prog employed to "sendmail".

The ISP keeps insisting that the path is "/usr/lib/sendmail" which is the norm on Unix boxes. However, the more common Win/NT path might be something like "c://winnt//win32//blat.exe". When I use the path that the ISP suggested, I receive the following error message: "The system cannot find the path specified."

Am I going insane, or is my ISP?

Can anyone confirm my suspicions based on your personal experience? I’m looking for confirmation of the most common path convention to the sendmail prog on a Win/NT box.

Thanks

Tom G, Sr.




Edited by - tdg on 03/20/2002 08:04:04



djohnson -> RE: Unix -vs- Windows 2000/NT (3/20/2002 19:40:24)

I am not an expert, but here is what I think. You have to figure out what e-mail program your server supports. Microsoft Windows/IIS comes pre-loaded with CDONTS, but there are several others that are commonly used in the Windows web server world. I use a package called ASPMail on mine.

I think you need to know which e-mail program your server has first. I believe that the programming that it takes to get e-mail functionality to work varies whether you use CDONTS, ASPMail or one of the other programs.

Hope that helps.

Devin



Edited by - djohnson on 03/20/2002 19:43:29



tdg -> RE: Unix -vs- Windows 2000/NT (3/21/2002 10:43:56)

Thanks Devin:

I sent a detailed e-mail to my contact at tech support, that was a couple of days ago... if I don't receive a response by noon; I'll be calling 'em shortly there after.

And yes... that's what I'm trying to ascertain... what is the path to the "sendmail prog“?

Thanks

Tom G, Sr.





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