Simple Email from FMPro 7/8 w/ Server

[slytle]

I'm sure that this has been covered somewhere, but I can't find it for the life of me.

I'm running FM 7/8 w/ Server and want a method to allow a user to click a button on an order screen to email just a few fields and a line of text to the designated CSR for the account to let them know an order has been placed. I do not want any interaction with the user other than a possible message letting them know that the email has been sent. I do not want an external email application to be used.

All users are on our WAN and are running both OSX and XP.

We have an SMTP server that is open with no login required as long as it is to an internal email address.

I'd like to be able to do this without the use of plugins, as I have many offsite users and don't want to deal with the extra cost and hassle of keeping the plug-in up to date.

TIA,

.sly

[slytle]

O.K. I guess this means my question is so simple, it doesn't deserve an answer or it just can't be done.

Anybody?

.sly

[Ender]

I do not want an external email application to be used.

I'd like to be able to do this without the use of plugins...

Sorry, I think you'll have to pick one or the other. The built-in Send Mail script step uses the client's email program, and the best alternative is a plug-in, like SMTPit.

Another option you might consider is having the database queue up any messages that must be sent, then have a dedicated machine run a looping script in that table, finding any new records. Then that machine can send the emails (either with SMTPit or an email client.)