>Could somebody point me in the right direction. I want to be able to send an email message from within a foxpro application.

Using Outlook, follow this sample:

#DEFINE MAILITEM 0
#DEFINE IMPORTANCELOW 0
#DEFINE IMPORTANCENORMAL 1
#DEFINE IMPORTANCEHIGH 2

oOutLookObject = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
oEmailItem = oOutLookObject.CreateItem(MAILITEM)

WITH oEmailItem
   .Recipients.Add("moe@3stooges.com") && uses the Recipients collection
   .Subject = "Automation sample"
   .Importance = IMPORTANCENORMAL
   .Body = "This is easy!"

   * Note that the fully qualified path and file is required.
   .Attachments.Add("c:\mydir\sample.txt")

   .Send
ENDWITH

You can also use Nigel Coates MAPI class as Sergey pointed out.
Another choice is using SMTP with wwIPStuff from Rick Strahl
http://www.west-wind.com

HTH