Sending email or text message alert?

[styrox]

This must be a FAQ, even if not directly related to proxomitron?

How can I send an alert message to an email/pager, for example if auto refreshing an auction site and waiting for a particular item to appear.

I can set an ALERT() to beep using the web replace, but an email alert would be much nicer. What would be the _best_ way to trigger this in a windows system:

- some mail command/script that gets executed from proxo (how)?
- a javascript with mailto: form manipulation?
- some method to bump it through a web-email service?

Sorry if this is covered somewhere, on a quick search couldn't find anything. There must be many people who would find this useful. :-)