>>I'm developing a VFP9 app and it needs to send email (simple or with a file attached) with a free tool or free library. I remember several years ago (2009) when there were some tools that worked (although I don't remember their names). I'd like to use my gmail account for testing (but not using gmail client).
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>>One (less desired) alternative would be to use Outlook in the background (without showing it on screen).
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>>TIA
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>Tore,
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>There are lots of answers in this thread from lots of people but there is only one question from Luis:
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>One (less desired) alternative would be to use Outlook in the background (without showing it on screen).

That is the problem. In the company, there are several Office versions from 2007 until 2016 or even Office 365. Unfortunately, they do not have control on Office versions.

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>Unfortunately Luis does not stipulate which MSOffice.Outlook version he would like to use.
>So using Chilcat as proposed by Mike is a workable solution since that will work with any MSOffice version including 365.
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>Regards,
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>Koen