More Server Components
In addition to using ADO for database access, developers can write a component in ActiveX or any language used to write COM server objects to write backend services. These include C++, Visual Basic, and Delphi.
If ASP is running with the NT Options pack, then there is a component CDONTS that uses Microsoft SMTP server to send email from an ASP Script.
There are also many third party component software packages to send email, read news, etc. from ASP scripts. One package particularly mentioned is ASPMail.