Ed, thanks for your help

regards,

Gerard
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>Larry, thanks for your reply.
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>>Do you know, assuming I stick with MS Outlook, if anything has to be changed if the client has Outlook Express ?
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>Pretty much everything; OE does not have the Outlook automation interface, so you're faced with using a MAPI interface instead, such as Nigel Coates' MAPIMail or the SendMAPIMail() method of Rick's Internet tools if you need POP3 mail; you can use SMTP to send mail as well (Rick's wwIPStuff works, and there are classes available for download here on UT; if your ISP requires a login to verify the user for SMTP sends, SMTP may be a more complex issue than POP3 and MAPI if a MAPI-compliant mailer is available - and using POP3 mail ensures that record is kept in your email program of what is sent; SMTP, which talks directly to a server in most cases, doesn't record messages in the same way in a Sent Items folder, and is more complicated to handle as a result when something bounces.)
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>I'd start by looking at Nigel's MAPIMail class from the Files section or Rick's Internet Tools (an evaluation nagware copy can be downloaded from www.west-wind.com, and I find the available functionality to be well worth the money, since it does a lot more than just email.)