How do you send an email through port 80?

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I'm trying to make a vbs code that e-mails some text but the network here is blocking port 25 is there a way of doing this through port 80 or some way to send a message through port 80 at least.

I got this error code when I tried: 80040213

Here is my code:

dim strSMTPFrom, strSMTPTo, strSMTPRelay, strTextBody, strSubject, oMessage
strSMTPFrom = "email@gmail.com"
strSMTPTo = "email@gmail.com"
strSMTPRelay = "smtp-relay.gmail.com"
strTextBody = "test"
strSubject = "test"
Set oMessage = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configurati on/sendusing") = 2
oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = strSMTPRelay
oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configurati on/smtpserverport") = 25
oMessage.Configuration.Fields.Update
oMessage.Subject = strSubject
oMessage.From = strSMTPFrom
oMessage.To = strSMTPTo
oMessage.TextBody = strTextBody
oMessage.Send

Where is the code that you tried? – Cody Gray - on strike Mar 09 '16 at 12:21 — Cody Gray - on strike, Mar 09 '16 at 12:21
Have you tried to send a mail via web page in browser? – omegastripes Mar 09 '16 at 13:47 — omegastripes, Mar 09 '16 at 13:47
do you mean i should just go to gmail.com? – Tijmen Mar 09 '16 at 13:55 — Tijmen, Mar 09 '16 at 13:55

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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Nowadays most ISPs block outgoing connections to port 25 in an attempt to fight botnet spam. There are 2 customary ways of dealing with this:

Send the mail through the ISP's mail servers (if the ISP provides a mail gateway for its customers).
Send the mail to a mail submission server hosted by yourself or your mail provider via an (authenticated) connection to port 587 (submission) or port 465 (smtps, deprecated).

Technically you can send mail via port 80 if you set up a mail server that accepts mail on that port. Doing so isn't common (or recommended) practice, though.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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answered Mar 09 '16 at 12:25

Ansgar Wiechers

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how do i do the second thing you said – Tijmen Mar 09 '16 at 12:50
it still doesn't work for me it says that it cant connect to the server – Tijmen Mar 09 '16 at 13:36
a way to send a message without using gmail is fine too – Tijmen Mar 09 '16 at 14:00
Haha sorry for never selecting this as the answer – Tijmen Dec 02 '22 at 15:04

How do you send an email through port 80?

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