Check out http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/spsblog/2006/10/12/VFPExtendedMAPI.aspx and the links presented there.

>I'd like to send out a few automatic alert emails without depending on outlook.
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>The simplest way seems to be ShellExecute("mailto:foo@bar.com"), but the email is just created and not sent. Is there a way to get a handle to the mail message, send it, and close the window? I suspect there isnt. Another simple method? It would be nice if the mail was sent generically too, not from a particular user.
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>thanks,
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>hans