I came across a semi - understandable Source for a Smtp Socket, only one peoblem, its a console, and I d rather have it be a daemon. I have the source, and Ive got it 90% daemonized, but I have a problem, when it was a console I had to declare a txt file to use as a message body, which is fine, the problem is: I cant find what to change to declare where the the text file is as a daemon, I will post my modified source so that you can see what I mean. I simply need to find where to imput the string "c:\\dcouments blah blah\\mine\\ blah\\ message.txt" #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <fstream.h> #include <iostream.h> #include <windows.h> #include <winsock2.h> #pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib") const VERSION_MAJOR = 1; const VERSION_MINOR = 1; #define CRLF "\r\n" #define SMTPPORT ---- #define SMTPSERVER --- // put in "" #define SMTPTO --- // put in "" #define SMTPFROM --- // put in "" #define SMTPMSGLINE --- // put in "" // Basic Error Checking void Check(int iStatus, char *szFunction) { if((iStatus != SOCKET_ERROR) && (iStatus)) return; cerr << "Error during call to " << szFunction << ": " << iStatus << " - " << GetLastError() << endl; } //Main Program can be filled in as required int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int iProtocolPort = SMTPPORT; char szSmtpServerName[64] = SMTPSERVER; char szToAddr[64] = SMTPTO; char szFromAddr[64] = SMTPFROM; char szBuffer[4096] = "1024"; char szLine[255] = SMTPMSGLINE; char szMsgLine[255] = SMTPMSGLINE; SOCKET hServer; WSADATA WSData; LPHOSTENT lpHostEntry; LPSERVENT lpServEntry; SOCKADDR_IN SockAddr; //Initialise lstrcpy(szSmtpServerName, argv[1]); lstrcpy(szToAddr, argv[2]); lstrcpy(szFromAddr, argv[3]); ifstream MsgFile(argv[4]); if(WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR), &WSData)) { dead = 1; } // Connect lpHostEntry = gethostbyname(szSmtpServerName); if(!lpHostEntry) { dead = 1 } hServer = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0); if(hServer == INVALID_SOCKET{ dead = 1 } lpServEntry = getservbyname("mail", 0); if(!lpServEntry) iProtocolPort = htons(IPPORT_SMTP); else iProtocolPort = lpServEntry->s_port; SockAddr.sin_family = AF_INET; SockAddr.sin_port = iProtocolPort; SockAddr.sin_addr = *((LPIN_ADDR)*lpHostEntry->h_addr_list); if(connect(hServer, (PSOCKADDR) &SockAddr, sizeof(SockAddr))) { dead = 1; } Check(recv(hServer, szBuffer, sizeof(szBuffer), 0), "recv() Reply"); sprintf(szMsgLine, "HELO %s%s", szSmtpServerName, CRLF); Check(send(hServer, szMsgLine, strlen(szMsgLine), 0), "send() HELO"); Check(recv(hServer, szBuffer, sizeof(szBuffer), 0), "recv() HELO"); // Send MAIL FROM: <sender@mydomain.com> sprintf(szMsgLine, "MAIL FROM:<%s>%s", szFromAddr, CRLF); Check(send(hServer, szMsgLine, strlen(szMsgLine), 0), "send() MAIL FROM"); Check(recv(hServer, szBuffer, sizeof(szBuffer), 0), "recv() MAIL FROM"); // Send RCPT TO: <receiver@domain.com> sprintf(szMsgLine, "RCPT TO:<%s>%s", szToAddr, CRLF); Check(send(hServer, szMsgLine, strlen(szMsgLine), 0), "send() RCPT TO"); Check(recv(hServer, szBuffer, sizeof(szBuffer), 0), "recv() RCPT TO"); // Send DATA sprintf(szMsgLine, "DATA%s", CRLF); Check(send(hServer, szMsgLine, strlen(szMsgLine), 0), "send() DATA"); Check(recv(hServer, szBuffer, sizeof(szBuffer), 0), "recv() DATA"); MsgFile.getline(szLine, sizeof(szLine)); do { sprintf(szMsgLine, "%s%s", szLine, CRLF); Check(send(hServer, szMsgLine, strlen(szMsgLine), 0), "send() message-line"); MsgFile.getline(szLine, sizeof(szLine)); } while(MsgFile.good()); // Close server socket and exit. sprintf(szMsgLine, "%s.%s", CRLF, CRLF); Check(send(hServer, szMsgLine, strlen(szMsgLine), 0), "send() end-message"); Check(recv(hServer, szBuffer, sizeof(szBuffer), 0), "recv() end-message"); sprintf(szMsgLine, "QUIT%s", CRLF); Check(send(hServer, szMsgLine, strlen(szMsgLine), 0), "send() QUIT"); Check(recv(hServer, szBuffer, sizeof(szBuffer), 0), "recv() QUIT"); closesocket(hServer); WSACleanup(); return 0; } I only Batch if possible, 2000 more lines of code, oh well.

Windows doesn't use daemons, it uses services. But why do you need a daemon/service to send an email?

I want to do this to be able to automate me getting logs + sysinfo from my parents + grandparents since they call me alot with computer questions, its a bit easier to say " ok double click on that program i sent you" as opposed to " open up folder x, append file y to file z in folder a .... etc ... " I only Batch if possible, 2000 more lines of code, oh well.

That still sounds like an application, not a service. And assuming your program doesn't take any command line switches, they still could double click its icon. You could even make a shortcut, if you wanted.

It does take command line switches, the Smtp part does.... that would be what im trying t o change -_-' I only Batch if possible, 2000 more lines of code, oh well.