Hidden mail sending

Hi,

How can I send an e-mail from a VB program without resorting to the method described in http://www.vb-world.net/internet/tip494.html .

I need to be able to send an e-mail without the default e-mail program popping up (mainly because I do not want the content of the e-mail to be altered).

Thanks in advance.

you can base your solution on
http://www.vb-world.net/demos/autoemail/

but it requires Outlook objects

or copy the parts required from the VBMail sample which comes with vb