The easiest (and cheapest) method is probably to use the wwipstuff dll from West Wind. You can download it for free from www.west-wind.com.

>I've heard that SMTP (SIMPLE MAIL TRANSFER PROTOCOL) is a great way to send email automatically written by a program. I've used ActiveX to send Outlook email, but am now working with a client who has several offices around Florida, and all of them use different email products.
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>Has anyone used SMTP with VFP? I went to www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hpertext/information/rfc.html and checked out the 68-page missive under RFC0821 and saw the code examples, but I don't know how to get started. Is it ActiveX commands that I need, or something else?
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>Thanks,
>JR