here using CDO that now ship with xp e 2k3 instead of CDONTS. This code run without an SMPT on local machine specifiing a mail server.

#!perl
use strict;
use warnings;#amen
use Win32::OLE ;

my $Message = Win32::OLE->new("CDO.Message");
#francobollo means stamp...
my $francobollo=  Win32::OLE->new ("CDO.Configuration") ;

      $francobollo->{Fields}->{"http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/confi
+guration/sendusing"}=2;#means with no local SMTP srv
      $francobollo->{Fields}->{"http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/confi
+guration/smtpserver"}="mail.server.you.can.use.net";
      $francobollo->{Fields}->{"http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/confi
+guration/smtpserverport"}=25;
      $francobollo->{Fields}->Update();
      $Message->{Configuration} = $francobollo;


$Message->{From}="me\@peacefull-place.org";
$Message->{To}="you\@in-a-dog-hell.com";
$Message->{Bcc}="your-assistant\@angel.net";
$Message->{Subject}="I told you, myDeamon, to run on a Linux machine."
+;
$Message->{TextBody}="ah ahah  ahaha aha ahhha \n";
$Message->Send();
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HTH Lorenzo*