>>Larry,
>> Yes, I read your post from the previous message. I found them very helpful.
>>But I like to try other ways also like wwIPstuff to send it without the requirement of e-mail client. I need to write an VFP application to check for a
>>certain error condition using timer control, and if the error condition is true,
>>the program will need to send an alert e-mail to my celluar phone.
>>I am trying to determine which method I should use to send that e-mail.
>>Should I use mapi-based or smtp-based methods? Should I rely on the Lotes Notes client via automation or just communicating with the SMTP Server using wwipstuff method..?
>>What do you think ?
>>Again thanks for your response.
>>And thank you , Marcia.
>>
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>Kam,
>For something like this, I would recommend using wwIPStuff. You don't need the added overhead of creating a Notessession object for this. This could be relatively slow.
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>And like I posted, you can use the SMTP server built into Notes or you can specify some external SMTP server.
>
>Good luck!

Yes, I tried both Lotus Notes automation and WWIPStuff class to send e-mails.
They were both successful. I got the e-mail (ping message) on my VoiceStream cellular right the way when I send it from Notes automation. But when I used WWIPStuff to communicate with our SMTP server, it took 20 minutes before my celluar got the message. Both methods used the same SMTP server (which is part of the LOTUS Notes setup in our school) to send out the e-mails.
I am wondering why... ?
I also realize that there might be a scurity issue when sending e-mail through
SMTP server directly. I did not see a slight overhead of using Notes automation,
which maybe because I was only testing a few e-mails. Is it possible that there
is delay in security check while sending it to SMTP Server directly ?
What do people do to protect their SMTP servers from being abused by hackers or
careless users ?

Thanks for your help.

Kam.