I'm new to OpenView myself. I've been playing with a vbscript (which I really don't know too much about either), running on NT. It uses a freebie product called "mailto". I don't know where to find it on the web, you'll have to look around. The guy who dumped OpenView on me installed it and left no notes. Here's the script I'm playing around with, you might get it to work with other mail packages. It is still something I'm toying with, but I do think it can be made to work better, with a few bells and whistles, by testing the parameters passed to it.
' VBSCRIPT TO SEND MAIL FROM HP OPENVIEW
'
' SET DEFAULTS AND OTHER VARIABLES
exec="D:\openview\contrib\custom_utils\mailto\mailto.exe"
from=" -U OpenView"
host=" -H tfsgate.company.com"
subj=" -S HP_OpenView_Alert"
who=" -D jpapa@company.com"
'
' GET COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS
Set objArgs = Wscript.Arguments
if WScript.Arguments.Count > 0 then
msg=" -M " & objArgs.Item(0)
msg1=objArgs.Item(0)
else
msg=" -M UNKNOWN_ERROR"
end if
'
'
Dim MyObj
Set MyObj=CreateObject("WScript.Shell"

'
' SET UP MAILING ADDRESSES
if msg1 = "ARGUMENT1" then
who=who &";beeperjp@company.com"
end if
'
' TEST IF "MAILTO" PROGRAM EXISTS
Dim fso
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"

If (fso.FileExists(exec)) Then
StrMailProg=exec & from & who & host & subj & msg
MyObj.Run(StrMailProg)
Else
Wscript.Echo subj & msg
Wscript.Echo who
End If