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DataEnter, Michael Kocum
Taborstrasse 27/23
A-1020 Vienna
AUSTRIA
CIS: 70143,1667
MHS: MICHAEL @ DEMK (via CSERVE)
Internet: michael@demk.co.at
Fax: +43/1/2143829
Introduction to MailSend
------------------------
MailSend is a addon for Microsoft Mail and Windows for Workgroups.
Its purpose is to send MS Mail messages from the command line or from
batch files.
Some suggestion what you can do:
-After you overnight backup, send the backup log to your mailbox
-Send your monthly report to you boss
-In a more sophisticated enviroment, you can export data out of your
application, pass it to MailSend as an attachment. MailSend will send
it to the destination and there you can use MailExtr to convert it back
to a file and import it in your application. (In fact, a lot of
customers make there database updates via MailSend and MailExtr fully
automated)
System Requirements
-------------------
DOS 3.3 or higher
Microsoft Mail, version 3.0 or above or
Windows for Workgroups, versions 3.1 or above
Installation
------------
Create a directory on your server and copy MAILSEND.EXE, APPGET.EXE and
APPPUT.EXE into this directory. We suggest that you make a directory
called MailSend below your MAILEXE, so its clear that MailSend belongs
to MS Mail.
Arguments
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MailSend uses the following arguments:
-f<Mailbox> Mailbox name
-p<Password> Mailbox password (default no password)
-t<Dest> Destination address in full Microsoft format
(Network/Postoffice/User) or in the format your
gateway will require it.
If you are sending a message to a user in you own
postoffice, you can use a simpler addressing format
and let MailSend resolving the address. You find
more information about resolving addresses in
section "Resolving address" below.
You can send to multiply addresses by using more
than one -t switch.
-s<Subject> Subject for message (if the subject contains spaces,
put it between quotes, like -s'More than one word')
-d<Drive> Drive where MailData is located (default drive M)
or full path to MailData with trailing backslash
like M:\MAILDATA\
If MailSend does not find a postoffice on the given
drive, it will scan all you drives from C: to Z:
for a postoffice and uses the first one it finds.
If there is still no postoffice found, it will try
to find your MSMAIL.INI and read the postoffice
drive out of it.
In the unlikly event that MailSend can't find the
postoffice in this way, it will give you an error.
You can start MailSend with the -l option and
it will help you finding the postoffice.
-i<ImportFile> File to import for message body
-a<AttachFile> File to attach to message (Multiply files are
allowed)
-@<ArgFile> Read additional argument from a file (-qFILE.EXT)
(each argument requries one line)
-l Scans your drives for a postoffice
If you have no idea where your postoffice is
located and MailSend will not find it, you can use
this option. After completion, write down the path
and use it the next time you send a message.
Samples
-------
To send mail from Admin with a password of PASSWORD to
Rick (located on Network NET and postoffice POST) and your maildrive
is M: use the following.
MailSend -fAdmin -pPassword -dM -tNet/Post/Rick -sTestmail
To attach a file to the message:
MailSend -fAdmin -pPassword -dM -tNet/Post/Rick -sTestMail -aATTACH.XLS
Same as above with an argument file:
MailSend -@ARG.TXT
Sample ARG.TXT
--------------
-fAdmin
-pPassword
-dM
-tNet/Post/Rick
-sTestMail
-aATTACH.XLS
<End of file>
Resolving address
-----------------
MailSend can resolve your address to a full address. This is a real
shortcut if you send a message to a user in your own network/postoffice
or if you don't know your network/postoffice. WFW and Win95 users can
always use this option, because there is only one postoffice.
How it works:
When MailSend detects that there is no valid address given, it will take
a look inside the global address book and will try to find an address
with matches you input. First it looks on every mailbox name and then
on every alias name on you postoffice, and if it finds one, its uses its
address.
Assume your network is called "Network" and your postoffice is
"Postoffice" and you want to send to a mailbox "MillerC" with an alias
of "Carl Miller".
The traditional way is to use -tNetwork/Postoffice/MillerC, which ist
the full address of "MillerC".
The shortcut is to use -tMillerC instead of -tNetwork/Postoffice/MillerC
MailSend now searches for a mailbox "MillerC" and resolves the address.
Another way is to use -tCarl Miller or -tCarlMiller
(The space does not care when resolving addresse). In this example
MailSend searches for an alias name of "CarlMiller".
If you know that there is only one alias name starting with "Carl" you
can further trim it down to -tCarl and MailSend will find it.
Sending to gateways and groups
------------------------------
Enclosed you will find additional information from Microsoft's knowledge
base about MSMail addressing schemes (Q94410.TXT) and how to send to a
group (Q119685.TXT)
Return Codes
------------
MailSend supports the following return codes (errorlevel):
0 Message sent
1 Message not sent
Licensing Agreement
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MailSend (c) is copyrighted 1993-1995 by DataEnter, Michael Kocum,
portions (c) Microsoft Corp.
This product and its documentation may not, in whole or in part, be
copied, reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval
system, or translated into any other natural or computer language, in
any form or by any means whatsoever, be it electronic, mechanical,
magnetic, optical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written
consent of DataEnter.
DataEnter makes no warranty or representation, either expressed or
implied, with respect to the product MailSend and its
documentation, their quality, perfomance, merchantability, or fitness
for a particular purpose. DataEnter reserves the right to revise the
user's guide and make changes in the content without obligation to
notify any person or organization of such a change.
In no event will DataEnter be liable for any direct, indirect,
special, incidental or consequential damages, real or imagined,
resulting from the use or purchase of this software.
Under no circumstances shall DataEnter's liability for damages
exceed the price paid for the software license.
Should any remedy hereunder be determined to have failed, all
limitations of liability and exclusion of damages set forth above
shall remain in full force and effect.
The extent of the DataEnter's warranty for the software and its
documentation is limited to physical defects of the distribution media
containing the software. Contact DataEnter to obtain return
authorization for the replacement diskette within 30 days of the
original date of purchase. Any further statement made by agents,
employees, distributors or dealers of DataEnter do not constitute
warranties and are not binding. No employee of DataEnter has the
authority to modify any portion of this warranty.
All brand and product names we refer to in the documentation are used
solely for identification purposes and may be trademarks of other
companies.
DataEnter, (the licensor) grants the buyer (the licensee)
the right to use this copy of MailSend (the program)
on a single postoffice at a single location as long as the
licensee complies with the terms of this license. The licensor
reserves the right to terminate this license if the licensee
violates any part of the agreement.
The licensee agrees to make copies of the program only for backup
purposes. The licensee agrees not to copy the documentation and to
take all necessary precautions to ensure that the backup copies of the
software are not distributed to or acquired by other parties.
Microsoft Mail is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.
Windows for Workgroups is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.