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Microsoft has just pushed live its Release Candidate for Internet Explorer 8, the latest update to the world’s most widely used web browser. You can download it here. Unfortunately the release is only for Windows Vista, XP, and Server - if you’re trying out Windows 7 you’ll have to wait for the next OS update to try out the RC.

The new version, which comes after two public beta releases, is now considered “platform complete” - the product is “effectively complete and done” writes IE General Manager Dean Hachamovitch. Unless there are major critical issues that arise, the final version of the browser should be identical. Other changes between Beta 2 and the Release Candidate include improved reliability, performance, and compatibility, as well as ‘clickjacking‘ protection.

Microsoft’s IE8 Release Candidate Is Live; Nearly Identical To Final Release

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I used to use this code [per link at bottom] a lot in the Win2k days for sending notifications off the platform.  From what I read in this article :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315197/en-us

it would appear that the functionality is still there in Win2k3 (2008 I have yet to confirm) but since my Vista machine still has a cdosys.dll I have no reason to believe that it wouldn’t continue to work.

SUMMARY

This article describes how to send HTML formatted mail using CDO for Windows 2000 (CDOSYS) or CDO for Exchange 2000 (CDOEX) using a remote computer’s SMTP service.

How to send HTML formatted mail using CDO for Windows 2000 and a remote SMTP service

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Service overview and network port requirements for the Windows Server system

Service overview and network port requirements for the Windows Server system

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