Use Domino 8 or 8.5 for .net application

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Hi, we are currently on Domino802. Will be moving to 8.51 soon.

I have been asked about if it is possible that a .net application can use Domino to send out mails.

I assume .ent application will create email in xml, then Domino will need to translate that into a notes mail then mail it out.

Now with my very limited knowledge of webservices. Maybe it is possible to write a webservice in Domino that would be the bridge between the .net applicatio and the notes mail.

Do you think it is possible? Has anyone had done anything similar. Any suggestions is highly appreciated.

many thanks in adv

XYD

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Subject: Depends

It depends on what you are trying to do. If you are creating 100% of the content in .Net and only using Domino for the MTA then you only need to be a truted relay host and use the System.Net.SmtpClient class with the Domino server as the host. If some of the content or recipients come from Domino, you are right about using web services. You could also use a COM interop for Notes/Domino, but I recommend against it as it requires the Notes client installed on the machine that the .Net app will run.