Thanks Stroller and Randy (and Charles for the original post). The idea of an applescript is appealing, but I've no idea how to attach/encode a document that should be send with the message. I'll probably suggest my friend to activate the postfix server. silvo Silvo Conticello Albook 17" 1.5GHz/1.5Gb RAM/80Gb HD/OS10.3.5 iMac 1GHz/500Mb Ram/80Gb HD/OS10.3.5/17" display E-mail: silvoc at tiscali.it Cambridge UK