see my reply on the message board:

http://www.west-wind.com/wwThreads/default.asp?Thread=1MP0JTVVG&MsgId=1MP0P6I8M

Most likely there's a problem with the DLL and VCX versions being mismatched in some way.

+++ Rick ---

>We're using Rick Strahl's wwIPstuff utility to send smtp email. When I run my project within the VFP environment (from the command window), the email sends with no problems. However, when I compile the project into an .exe, the code doesn't crash but I continually get an error that the smtp object can not connect to the server.
>
>Here's my code.
>

>lcTempPath = justpath(sys(16))
>SET CLASSLIB TO (lcTempPath + [wwIPStuff]) ADDITIVE
>SET PROCEDURE TO (lcTempPath + [wwUTILS]) ADDITIVE
>
>TRY
>	*--- Send Email Notification
>	oSMTP = CREATEOBJECT("wwIPStuff")
>	oSMTP.cMailServer = "smtp.domain.net"
>	oSMTP.cUserName = "test_user"
>	oSMTP.cPassword = "password"
>
>	WITH oSMTP
>		.cSenderName = "USER"
>		.cSenderEmail = "user@domain.org"
>		.cRecipient = settings.emaillist
>		.cSubject = [Test Email]
>		.cMessage = [This is just a test message.]
>	ENDWITH
>	
>	IF ! oSMTP.SendMail()
>		WAIT WINDOW [Mail not sent: ] + oSMTP.cErrorMsg NOWAIT
>	ELSE
>		WAIT WINDOW NOWAIT "Sending email notification."
>	ENDIF
>
>	* Disconnect From STMP Server
>	oSMTP = .NULL.
>CATCH
>	WAIT WINDOW NOWAIT "Email message could not be sent."
>ENDTRY
>

>
>From the .exe, I always see the wait window with the error message. When I run from the command window, I see the Sending Email message.
>
>Any ideas on what the difference is?
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Rodd