wodSmtpServer ActiveX Control - Start Method
      
 

Description

Starts Smtp server.


Return Type

None  


Syntax

object.Start



The Start Method syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An expression evaluating to an object of type wodSmtpServer.

Remarks

Method Start will make your Smtp server 'alive' and force it to

  • bind to your local port (default 25) on selected interface  
  • listen for incoming connections
  • set Activated property to True
  • accept incoming connections
  • create SmtpUser object for each new connection, and fill in respective Hostname and TimeConnected properties 
     

If you get an error when you call this method, usually it will be related to inability of Smtp server to bind and listen on selected port. In such cases, check your running applications and server if there is already some other server running on same port.

Before starting server, you should setup several properties that will determine behavior of your server, such as Timeout, GreetingMessage, GoodbyeMessage, Port.... Just by leaving default values will make your server work as expected, but in 'real life' you should choose your own values for these properties.

To shutdown server, call Stop method.