Steve
Beside what Marcia wrote, try also to do a search for BLAT in google. BLAT is a public domain utility that can also ( i think ) be used for automation. Anyway, it won't cost you anything to check it out :-)

Cheers,
Jaime

>You're right; it does work. However, I was hoping for a solution that didn't require purchasing a third-party product as well. Cash flow is really tight right now...
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>>Steve
>>Did you check wwIPStuff from West-Wind? You can check it at http://www.west-wind.com/wwIPStuff.asp . This should do what you want.
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>>Jaime
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>>>Yes, but is there a way to simply avoid Outlook in the first place? I would like to deploy this solution in a commercial environment where there may or may not be Outlook installed. I would like to find an independent, reliable way to send email that uses the least common denominator for sending email. Sorry if I didn't make that very clear in the first message.
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>>>>>I am trying to setup a program to autosend email based upon event messages on my server. However, any automation to Outlook/MAPI I've tried kicks up the annoying message stating a potentially hostile program is trying to send a message and wants me to press "yes" - a far cry from automatic!
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>>>>>Does anyone have a simple workaround to this that doesn't involve an expensive add-on control?
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>>>>From the late, great Ed Rauh:
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>>>>FAQ#8155
>>>>Finally, a way around Outlook/MAPI dialogs on sending email Thread #655520 Message #655520