automate gmail under Xp

[mri1397]

We want to automate gmail under Xp.

I have read the sample scripts forum but don't know where to start.

I don’t know if this is the correct place to ask this. Redirect me if not.

We have written many simple bat files and simple macros.

We prepare xray reports using several programs under Windows Xp and have been able to do the following manually.

We have created and saved for example 15 xray reports in folder C:\clinicA

we open the folder C:\clinicA\ and select all

right click and send to compressed (zip) file.

We then start gmail to clinicA, attach the zip as an attachment, and send the email.

Question

How to automate some or all of this process ?

[bogQ]

to test the script from link, testing gmail to send 2 files on hotmail ,

$SmtpServer = "smtp.gmail.com"              ; address for the smtp-server to use - REQUIRED
$FromName = "MyNameIs"                      ; name from who the email was sent
$FromAddress = "xxxxx@gmail.com" ; address from where the mail should come
$ToAddress = "xxxxx@hotmail.com"   ; destination address of the email - REQUIRED
$Subject = "Userinfo"                   ; subject from the email - can be anything you want it to be
$Body = "testing it"                              ; the messagebody from the mail - can be left blank but then you get a blank mail
$AttachFiles = "data.txt;medianis.txt"                       ; the file(s) you want to attach seperated with a ; (Semicolon) - leave blank if not needed
$CcAddress = ""       ; address for cc - leave blank if not needed
$BccAddress = ""     ; address for bcc - leave blank if not needed
;~ $CcAddress = "CCadress1@test.com"       ; address for cc - leave blank if not needed
;~ $BccAddress = "BCCadress1@test.com"     ; address for bcc - leave blank if not needed
$Importance = "Normal"                  ; Send message priority: "High", "Normal", "Low"
$Username = "xxxxx@gmail.com"                    ; username for the account used from where the mail gets sent - REQUIRED
$Password = "xxxxx"                  ; password for the account used from where the mail gets sent - REQUIRED
$IPPort=465                          ; GMAIL port used for sending the mail
$ssl=1                               ; GMAILenables/disables secure socket layer sending - put to 1 if using httpS

and after editing needed info, (username pass attachment) hit F5 to start the script and test it

Edited July 27, 2011 by bogQ