I am trying to send email on web pages on a hosted site. A software company that works with World Trade offers to sell .dll files that can be accessed with by Visual Basic code to send email on the Internet, and on top of that they will provide technical support. Do you think this is a good idea?

You would have to check with your hosting company and make sure they will install the DLL. My guess is they wont unless you are using a dedicated server.

The web hosting company couldn't host the web pages they offered a Dedicated Server as an option for an additional fee. Is Internet Communication easily achieved using Visual Studio 2003? These people are trying to figure out how they could make more patents. I am going to try to find help elsewhere.