Thread: sending an email through a C program

hi, i have a program that keeps crashing every so often.

it accesses the COM port and reads some data. i was wondering if i could add on a piece of code, or create a seperate program which would send an email to a specific email address that the program has crashed.

or would it be better (but far far less useful) to use popup boxes for communication.

thanks

Originally Posted by Salem

Or fix the crash?

Seriously, there are plenty of ways of sending an email which don't involve writing any C

A simple command file may suffice

Code:

myCrashingComPortProgram.exe
myCommandLineSendAnEmailProgram.exe -S "It's dead Jim" user@address

The email is sent when the program exits.

thanks for the help.

in an ideal world, i would fix the crash.

however, no program is guaranteed to be stable (you will know that yourself) and thus even if i fix the crash, the option of having the email would be beneficial for the future crashless program!