On Tuesday, September 24, 2002 at 00:34, Anthony Baratta wrote: AB> WebServer to help you talk SMTP to Exchange, or you can use CDONTS and AB> write directly to the outgoing directory with CDONTS picking up the file AB> and relaying it to the Exchange server for you. AB> Working with CDONTS -> AB> http://evolt.org/article/Using_files_to_send_emails_with_IIS_part_1_of_2/17/3419/index.html AB> http://evolt.org/article/Using_Files_to_Send_Emails_with_IIS_part_2_of_2/17/3875/index.html if you're on win 2k+ (which you said you are), you can use cdo (from cdosys.dll instead of cdonts.dll) instead of cdonts which will perform the writing of the file for you. pretty easy to get running and plenty of help on msdn. have a look at the messaging section under: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cdosys/html/_cdosys_messaging.asp you *should* be able to send the mail directly to the exchange server, but if you're sending large/large volumes of emails in one go, you might get a rather annoyed exchange admin type after you! ;> hth, darren