Pastel SMTP settings

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Hi Peeps,

Could someone help me before I go completely nuts. Where does one configure the SMTP settings in Pastel Partner V12? Just a million menu's that take you nowhere near where you need to be.

Otherwise it wants to use Outlook to send mail and thats not what we want. We would like to email directly from the proggie.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Peon.
 
As far as I know, Pastel will only use Outlook as the Pastel application does not email from itself.

There is no SMTP settings in Pastel last time I checked.

Its a pain, I know.
 
On Evolution you can change from MAPI(Outlook) to SMTP... but unfortunately I don't know Partner very well.
Maybe check if Partner has a MAPI setting and that could possibly be changed to SMTP.
 
Peon said:
Hi Peeps,

Could someone help me before I go completely nuts. Where does one configure the SMTP settings in Pastel Partner V12? Just a million menu's that take you nowhere near where you need to be.

Otherwise it wants to use Outlook to send mail and thats not what we want. We would like to email directly from the proggie.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Peon.
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It uses your outloook or windows live mail ( whatever is default) , it does not email directly.
 
I didnt want it to use my outlook.. so i installed mozilla thunderbird just for the sending.. but pastel partner does not have built in smtp functionality...
 
krono9 said:
I didnt want it to use my outlook.. so i installed mozilla thunderbird just for the sending.. but pastel partner does not have built in smtp functionality...
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It still bitched about no default mail handler. Unless you got some magic I should try?
 
krono9 said:
windows....click start...default programs... make sure you have default email program selected there...
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Abra Cadabra it worked :P *cheer*

However, now to get it to export to Calc. The exporting to HTML and copy/paste to Calc is working. Im wondering if there is a registry hack to force it to use Calc instead of looking for Excel.
 
Ladies & Gentleman, may I introduce - Kingsoft Office.

Works seamlessly with Pastel exporting directly into "*Microsoft Office*". The Exporting to Word also works, opens up in Kingsoft's version of Word.


So there you go. Now SAGE dont be dicks are block this. It will save alot of cash strapped businesses money. Thereby keeping your software.
 
Please no Calc in a finance environment. You've got no idea how much trouble you're causing...your finance staff is going to be emailing .ods files to half the world and not understand why the (equally IT illiterate) staff that side can't open it. You're going to be the one that gets shouted at - and thats best case scenario (consultants billing by the hour & angry CFOs also feature occasionally).

As for your question - 100 internet points says its hardcoded. All kinds of wild stuff is hardcoded/unavailable in Pastel....depending on what version you happen to pick (Avoid anything below Partner/Evolution if possible).

That being said...Pastel is pretty good compared to the other scary stuff out there...
 
HavocXphere said:
Please no Calc in a finance environment. You've got no idea how much trouble you're causing...your finance staff is going to be emailing .ods files to half the world and not understand why the (equally IT illiterate) staff that side can't open it. You're going to be the one that gets shouted at - and thats best case scenario (consultants billing by the hour & angry CFOs also feature occasionally).

As for your question - 100 internet points says its hardcoded. All kinds of wild stuff is hardcoded/unavailable in Pastel....depending on what version you happen to pick (Avoid anything below Partner/Evolution if possible).

That being said...Pastel is pretty good compared to the other scary stuff out there...
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No Calc. With Kingsoft office the tables and colums are correct. We then save it as .xls and copy off cloud to client pc and open in Excel for proper work like you mentioned. It was just that one step exporting to excel which kingsoft can do without Pastel bithcing that no Office products are installed.
 
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