Thanks, pileofrogs.

I've now left for the day, but I'll try your suggestions tomorrow morning and report back then.

I suppose I'll need to raise the question of how to go about 'securing' my code in another post -- I really know nothing concerning how others hack into programs for use as spammers. The program I'm writing will be installed locally, run pretty much continuously on that single machine, and, triggered by a date/time stamp, send email to another address in the organization.

Again, I haven't a clue what security issues are involved or how to deal with them. I'd be happy for your input.

cypress

Update: What I'm writing isn't a CGI script (if I understand the term correctly), as it does not receive input from outside users (eg, via a webpage). The only time it connects with the outside world is when it sends email. Here, all I should need to be concerned with is the authentication password being snatched during this event. Uh, right?

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