You can do something like this if the server's running SMTP if you want to do it PURELY in .bat. Echo X-Sender: MyServer>%temp%\file.eml Echo X-Receiver: recipient@xxxxxxxxxx>>%temp%\file.eml Echo From: MyServer>>%temp%\file.eml Echo To: recipient@xxxxxxxxxx>>%temp%\file.eml Echo Subject: Here's an e-mail>>%temp%\file.eml Echo Content-Type: text/plain;>>%temp%\file.eml Echo.>>%temp%\file.eml Echo Here's the body.>>%temp%\file.eml Move %temp%\file.eml E:\inetpub\mailroot\pickup Ray at work > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Rance [mailto:Steve.Rance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > hi, >=20 > Any ideas how I can send a text file (or contents of) via=20 > email from a =3D > batch file on a Windows 2000 Server? >=20 > Basically I have a batch file that generates a log file that I want =3D > emailed to me on completetion of the script. and the subject of the =3D > email to be determined by the errorlevel returned by a=20 > program ran as =3D > part of the script. >=20 > Thanks for any ideas, >=20 > Steve ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm