What do I need this for?

Beyond it being really cool to be able to mail directly from within MSAccess, you do not have to use or buy an Exchange Server provided you have access to a working SMTP server. Usually your ISP will offer SMTP access (Prodigy's is smtp.prodigy.net for instance) at no extra charge. So why not use what you are already paying for? The first section of the following code is from a class called clsErrorMailer. It is so named because it is a part of a special error handling solution we are working on (we'll post more of that later). You are welcome create a class module with any name you like, but remember to update the subroutine called 'Test()' after the dashed-line accordingly.

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Option Compare Database
Option Explicit
Private p_blat_location As String
Property Let blat_location(strblat_location As String)
    p_blat_location = strblat_location
End Property
Property Get blat_location() As String
    blat_location = p_blat_location
End Property

Public Property Let Toggle(Decision As Boolean)
    If Decision = True Then
        Call SaveSetting("ErrorMailer", "ClassErrors", "Toggle", "True")
    ElseIf Decision = False Then
        Call SaveSetting("ErrorMailer", "ClassErrors", "Toggle", "False")
    End If
End Property

Private Sub Class_Initialize()
    'default blat location...be sure to set this property
    p_blat_location = "c:\temp\blat\blat.exe"
End Sub

Private Function GetToggleState() As Boolean
    Dim p As String
    p = GetSetting("ErrorMailer", "ClassErrors", "Toggle")
    If p = "True" Then
        GetToggleState = True
    Else
        GetToggleState = False
    End If
End Function

Public Sub EmailError(fromVar As String, ToVar As String, server As String, 
fileToSend As String)
   Dim x As String
   x = p_blat_location & " " & fileToSend & " -s frommsaccess " & _
    "-t " & ToVar & " -f " & fromVar & " -server " & server
    Debug.Print x
    
    If GetToggleState = True Then
        Shell x, vbHide
    Else
        'do nothing
    End If
End Sub

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Sub test()
    On Error GoTo Errorhandler
    Dim objErrMail As New clsErrorMailer
    objErrMail.Toggle = True
    objErrMail.blat_location = "C:\Temp\blat\blat.exe"
    Call objErrMail.EmailError("me@mymail.com", "foobar@yourdomain.com", _
        "smtp.mail.yahoo.com", "c:\temp\crasherrors.txt")
StandardExit:
Exit Sub
Errorhandler:
    MsgBox Err.Description
    GoTo StandardExit
End Sub