To send email, you need Blat or an equivelent application.
To send a message, you need the messaging service running (security risk) or need to write your own (complex).
Taking the time to properly configure Blat on a central server will be worth the 30 minutes of effort to install and configure it. Once done, any script can easily send a message via email.
Some things to consider with email - Blat needs to know the proper SMTP server address and may require a valid user account to send mail. The server sending mail via Blat may need to be configured on the mail server as an authorized relay host. This is just part of configuring email within your network.
Another solution, also in the Script Vault, would be to drop message files in the share of a central server. A script running there would process the dropped files, either sending email (again, with blat or similar tool), printing a report, or displaying a popup message. This way, all of the complex configuration is done on one computer.
Glenn
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