error while sending mails through MKS

Shell Programming and Scripting
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#!/bin/ksh

email0="dummy@company.com"

emails()
{

  \# mail Generation

echo "Hi" | /mapimail -s "-\(Test Mail\)From Production- \`date\`" $email0; 

\}

emails

i receive the following error

IDispatch::new MSMAPI.MAPISession failed: 800401f3 at C:/PROGRA~1/MKSTOO~1/etc/perl/lib/COM.pm line 114.
Could not open the MAPI Session Control

can any one help

Thanks in advance