Thursday, October 05, 2006

CDONTS not included in Windows 2003

I was setting up a new server today when I realized that Windows Server 2003 does not include cdonts.dll. We have a number of older scripts that use this function to send out mail. Eventually we'll be moving all our stuff to open source, but in the meantime I'd rather not rewrite these scripts to use cdosys.dll (mainly because it requires more work and I'm lazy). Luckily the solution is easy enough ... install the cdonts.dll file from a Windows 2000 Server installation disk.

Microsoft was kind enough to provide the info I needed:
I have actually already run into this, so I'm not sure why I hadn't noted it before.