VPN beginner: VPN & SmtpMail

I need to send emails in my application, and the client has a VPN. Do I need to do anything special in my code for the VPN, or do I just call the SmtpMail.Send method and do I need  install a mail server
Any links to tutorials(on sending emails when VPN is involved - in terms of coding and setting up the machine) would be appreciated.
[I am using framework 1.1 and C# 2003]
thank you


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VPN beginner: VPN & SmtpMail

  • jbullard

    1. If the VPN connection is already established by the user you don't need to do anything special. VPN connection is at a lower level than SMTP/TCP api.

    2. If the connection is not established and you would like to establish the connection programatically, there are no managed APIs to do this as of now. You need to use
    RAS apis to do this.

     



  • saaniok

    If you are asking for VPN APIs in managed code, please articulate this by emailing nclasks@microsoft.com.  This email alias goes directly to the System.net team.

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