SpeedFan can send emails. It uses an internal mail server. This server is currently quite simple. If the email can't be delivered it is not requeued. It is lost. But the mail server is quite powerful because it uses a multithreaded approach that won't block in any way SpeedFan's normal operations while trying to send emails. This is the most important thing for a tool like SpeedFan. Several profiles can be defined (some releases can only define one named 'default'). Each profile contains the parameters needed to contact your ISP's mail server. The settings are the same that you need to enter in your favourite mail client. SpeedFan's email facility supports both SSL connections and POP3-BEFORE-SMTP. In order to support SSL, SpeedFan must find OpenSSL free library. The official web site is www.openssl.org and Windows binaries should be available at www.openssl.org/related/binaries.html. If you don't need SSL support, you don't need that library. If the SSL interface is found, its version will be clearly indicated in the configuration page. You are strongly encouraged to send a test mail to make sure that everything is properly configured and working.