Hi Steve, > Why the insistence on using Outlook Express, is you don;t mind me asking? Good question. The problem is that I have a developed a freeware application called Kirby Alarm And Task Scheduler (see www.kirbyfooty.com). The program can pop up a note, run a program, play a sound, or send an email at whatever intervals the user wants..
When it comes to sending emails the user has the option of sending them via smtp, or via there email client (eg outlook express). I prefer the send method as this makes setting up the email parameters a lot easier for the user. As the program is used by over 16,000 people around the world I don't want to complicate things by asking them to enter the mail server properties. I have written Kirby Alarm in Clarion. It can currently send the email via outlook express by calling MapiSendMail. I wanted to do the same thing in Python so I can build up a suite of useful utilities and therefore try an keep the program size relatively small. Ian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
