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  8.      NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
  9.           fastmail - quick batch mail interface to a single address
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  11.      SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
  12.           ffffaaaassssttttmmmmaaaaiiiillll [-b bcc-list] [-c cc-list] [-C comments] [-d] [-f
  13.           fromname] [-i msg-id] [-r replyto] [-R references] [-s
  14.           subject] filename|- address-list
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  16.      DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
  17.           _F_a_s_t_m_a_i_l is a low-level interface to the mail system that
  18.           allows batch processing of mail.  It's intended for mailing
  19.           to very large groups of people in a staggered fashion.
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  21.           The starting options are;
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  23.           ----bbbb bbbbcccccccc----lllliiiisssstttt
  24.                     This allows a list of people to receive blind-
  25.                     carbon copies, or BCCs, of the message.  This list
  26.                     should be full email addresses.
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  28.           ----cccc cccccccc----lllliiiisssstttt
  29.                     This allows a list of people to receive carbon
  30.                     copies, or CCs, of the message.  This list should
  31.                     be full email addresses.
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  33.           ----CCCC ccccoooommmmmmmmeeeennnnttttssss
  34.                     This allows a Comments: line to be added to the
  35.                     RFC822 header with any text you desire.
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  37.           ----dddd        Debug.  This is helpful for strange, unfriendly
  38.                     errors from the program (etc).
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  40.           ----ffff ffffrrrroooommmm   This overrides the users name in the From: line,
  41.                     so that if the user was x@y, and their name was
  42.                     MrX then the default From: line would be "From:
  43.                     x@y (MrX)".  Using "-f Joe" when invoking this,
  44.                     though, would change it to "From: x@y (Joe)"
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  46.           ----iiii mmmmssssgggg----iiiidddd This allows a message-id to which this message
  47.                     refers.
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  49.           ----rrrr rrrreeeeppppllllyyyyttttoooo
  50.                     Occasionally, you might send mail but want the
  51.                     replies to go to a different address (very common
  52.                     with mailing lists). There is a header for this
  53.                     purpose called "Reply-To:" which can be utilized
  54.                     by using this starting option.  For example, we
  55.                     could send mail with a reply-to to list-request by
  56.                     using "-r list-request".  The header generated
  57.                     would then be of the form "Reply-To: list-
  58.                     request".
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  74.           ----RRRR rrrreeeeffffeeeerrrreeeennnncccceeeessss
  75.                     This allows descriptive/reference text for this
  76.                     message.
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  78.           ----ssss ssssuuuubbbbjjjjeeeecccctttt
  79.                     The subject of the message is specified by using
  80.                     this starting option.
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  82.           Either the name of the file containing the message, or a -
  83.           to indicate usage of standard-in is required.
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  85.      EEEEXXXXAAAAMMMMPPPPLLLLEEEE
  86.           Let's say we're user "big" on machine "big-vax" and we have
  87.           a shell script called 'batch-mail' that contains the
  88.           following lines:
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  90.              #
  91.              # Batch Mail - batch mailing of a file to a LOT of users
  92.              #
  93.              # Usage: batch-mail "from" "subject" filename
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  95.              sender_copy = $LOGIN
  96.              replyto = "The-Mr-Big-list"
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  98.              fastmail -b $sender_copy -r $replyto -f "$1" -s "$2" $3 person1
  99.              sleep 10
  100.              fastmail -r $replyto -f "$1" -s "$2" $3 person2
  101.              sleep 10
  102.              fastmail -r $replyto -f "$1" -s "$2" $3 person3
  103.              sleep 10
  104.              fastmail -r $replyto -f "$1" -s "$2" $3 person4
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  106.              < etc >
  107.  
  108.           with the invocation:
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  110.              batch-mail "Mr. Big" "Warning to all" warning.text
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  112.           would mail a copy of the 'warning.text' file to person1,
  113.           person2, person3, etc.  "$LOGIN" will also receive a copy of
  114.           the first message in the mail, _s_i_l_e_n_t_l_y.  Each resultant
  115.           message will include the headers:
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  117.               From: big-vax!big (Mr. Big)
  118.               Subject: Warning to all
  119.               Reply-To: The-Mr-Big-list
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  121.           This program should turn out to be considerably faster than
  122.           the alternative methods of accomplishing this task.
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  125.           /usr/lib/sendmail       sendmail transport if available
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  140.           /bin/rmail              transport if no sendmail
  141.           /tmp/fastmail.$$        temporary file
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  143.      AAAAUUUUTTTTHHHHOOOORRRR
  144.           Elm Development Group
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  146.      SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
  147.           sendmail(1), rmail(1), elm(1L)
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  149.      BBBBUUUUGGGG RRRREEEEPPPPOOOORRRRTTTTSSSS TTTTOOOO
  150.           Syd Weinstein  elm@DSI.COM    (dsinc!elm)
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  152.      CCCCOOOOPPPPYYYYRRRRIIIIGGGGHHHHTTTTSSSS
  153.           Copyright 1988-1992 by The USENET Community Trust
  154.           Derived from Elm 2.0,  Copyright 1986, 1987 by Dave Taylor
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