I am building a Web App using asp.net which needs to send emails for member registration to send the verification code/links. But unfortunately, in my office in the high levels, SMTP Ports are disabled.
We are just trying to push the boundaries as much as possible from our department side. You know. If we go to the IT department, we have to go formally from creating indents to multiple approvals. Imagine if there is a way to send and receive emails without those hassles!!!SMPT is the literal protocol for sending email.
"Simple Mail Transfer Protocol"
If you're doing this in your office, and the office networking people have disabled SMTP (not unusual)....talk to them.
If this is a necessary office function, you may have luck.
If this is your own personal project, not.
Don't try to work around office rules.
This may end badly for you.
Those "hassles" are there to protect the business. E-mail is a GIANT security weakness. Your department manager is risking their job by "pushing the boundaries".We are just trying to push the boundaries as much as possible from our department side. You know. If we go to the IT department, we have to go formally from creating indents to multiple approvals. Imagine if there is a way to send and receive emails without those hassles!!!
The issue is not that they have simply disabled SMTP.We are just trying to push the boundaries as much as possible from our department side. You know. If we go to the IT department, we have to go formally from creating indents to multiple approvals. Imagine if there is a way to send and receive emails without those hassles!!!
No. It's not like that. Our institute is just growing. Please try to see this way: "What if the IT doesn't know how to enable that?" That is the case in most of our institute infrastructure. I (also my team and my managers) are not trying to break our institution's law but basically we just don't want trouble other teams...The issue is not that they have simply disabled SMTP.
They disabled that, because "You may not run your own personal or departmental mail server"
Disabling SMTP is the main pathway to do that.
Sending email via some other means is still "sending email".
A violation of the basic rule.
If it is worth doing at a department level, it is worth getting actual approval from all parties involved.
I've known people marched out the door for less.
Then you have a totally incompetent IT dept.No. It's not like that. Our institute is just growing. Please try to see this way: "What if the IT doesn't know how to enable that?" That is the case in most of our institute infrastructure. I (also my team and my managers) are not trying to break our institution's law but basically we just don't want trouble other teams...
Then he should have the power to direct them to enable it.FYI, My Manager is the 2nd Highest in Power
You won't get assistance on this board to bypass ANY security features. Providing information like that is against the rules of this board.No. It's not like that. Our institute is just growing. Please try to see this way: "What if the IT doesn't know how to enable that?" That is the case in most of our institute infrastructure. I (also my team and my managers) are not trying to break our institution's law but basically we just don't want trouble other teams...
I am just trying to achieve the same if there is a possibility.Then he should have the power to direct them to enable it.
Do it right, or not at all.
No I am not. Yes. We all can open gmail, outlook and many other email services using the browser. I know selenium but that is unconventional to use in this scenario. Anyway, that is my last resort.You won't get assistance on this board to bypass ANY security features. Providing information like that is against the rules of this board.
But I will ask, if you are asking the right question.
How is e-mail accessed by a human? HTTPS to portal? Can you not mimic that behavior ?
At the same time I am not degrading my employer but the fact is they just providing rural employment. In that way, they are always "Great!""Then you have a totally incompetent IT dept."
Yes. That's exactly is the case. We all know the "Admin Password"
Otherwise for school dropouts like me. IT jobs are always day dreaming. My employer is making my dream come true. It's my long-term ambitionAt the same time I am not degrading my employer but the fact is they just providing rural employment. In that way, they are always "Great!"
If you have Outlook as an approved e-mail method, then you can integrate outlook into an ASP app -- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53516925/how-to-integrate-outlook-in-asp-net-core-mvc-2-1No I am not. Yes. We all can open gmail, outlook and many other email services using the browser. I know selenium but that is unconventional to use in this scenario. Anyway, that is my last resort.
We are the core department currently trying to automate the whole office processes. Across all Departments. And I am the guy who is gonna do itI will ask...Why do you need to send departmental email, outside of normal company functions?
Again SMTP or POP3 or IMAP. Not able to even setup the account in OutlookIf you have Outlook as an approved e-mail method, then you can integrate outlook into an ASP app -- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53516925/how-to-integrate-outlook-in-asp-net-core-mvc-2-1
There is a outlook e-mail API according to that thread.
Then if this is to be an actual company-wide function, it would seem to be a simple process to get your rules changed, and SMTP enabled.We are the core department currently trying to automate the whole office processes. Across all Departments. And I am the guy who is gonna do it
There is USE the approved tools. You said Outlook was an approved e-mail tool. There is an API for outlook -- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/outlook-mail-concept-overviewMy intuition is whispering me in the ears: "There must be a Way!"
Then the e-mail administrator could create the account. That seems like a typical task that your IT department should be able to handle.Again SMTP or POP3 or IMAP. Not able to even setup the account in Outlook