James,
I'll assume you know blat and are looking for the way to make it work with 
gmail... ;) I use another provider, but a quick Scroogle (scroogle.org ;) gave 
some good answers.

The first is a program somewhat like blat but will handle the encryption.
The second is a discussion about the issues and using mailsend (from link 1).
The last is detailed instructions on using blat with gmail using stunnel.

I would use either, but have your 'problem' run a bat file which uses > (and 
echo) to send time, date, and what it sees (env vars having been set, etc) to a 
log file at each point along the way. Very easy to debug then.

There is another program -freeware- I use extensively called filenotify.exe 
that will trigger on a file change, write, etc in a dir (you set the 
parameters). I then can send an email based on a file being appended to, 
created, etc. For instance, on a private secure email server, it can trigger a 
blat email to send an sms msg to the user saying something arrived by watching 
the spool dir...

Tell me if you need more. The 3 items are:

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http://www.muquit.com/muquit/software/mailsend/mailsend.html

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http://groups.google.com/group/Gmail-ABCs/browse_thread/thread/191506699330a069/7434d0b668b528e0?lnk=raot

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 From http://www.freepowerboards.com/yqb/yqb-about90.html :

1. install sstunnel from <a 
href="http://www.stunnel.org/download/binaries.html">http://www.stunnel.org/download/binaries.html?lt;/ 
a>
2. Using a text editor like notepad, make a file containing what's in the text 
box below. Click the Select text button to highlight the text. Note: Javascript 
must be enabled for the button to work. Copy the information to your clipboard 
by right clicking on the highlighted text and selecting Copy. Paste the 
information into notepad. Note: Be sure that wordwrap is turned OFF. Save the 
file as "stunnel.conf" (including the quotes if you're using notepad) and place 
it in the C:\stunnel folder. Note: The quotes prevent notepad from adding .txt 
to the end of the filename.
----------------------------------------------------------------
client = yes

[nntp]
accept = 119
connect = inetnews.worldnet.att.net:563

[pop3]
accept = 110
connect = ipostoffice.worldnet.att.net:995

[smtp]
accept = 25
connect = smtp.gmail.com:465
--------------------------------------------------------------------

3. blat

blat 1.txt -to johnyan.ca@gmail.com -f johnyan.ca@gmail.com -server 127.0.0.1 
-port 25 -u johnyan.ca -pw 123465

Blat v2.6.1 w/GSS encryption (build : Nov 18 2006 11:59:59)

Sending 1.txt to johnyan.ca@gmail.com
Login name is johnyan.ca@gmail.com
Error: Connection to server was dropped.

4. Check your gmail. Hehe, you received a email!
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James Newton wrote:
> The gmail server is a point I hadn't considered... Great idea... I guess I
> should get with the program and get a gmail account. I have been using
> yahoo, but they require all sorts of security and pop before smtp garbage.
> 
> Can you share your blat setup for gmail? Without your password and email
> included of course.
> 
> --
> James.
> 
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