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The MAILSEND() function is used for sending mail.  If successful the MAILSEND() will return .T. or .F. otherwise.  The MAILERROR() function can be used to return the error message if the MAILSEND() fails.
 
The MAILSEND() function is used for sending mail.  If successful the MAILSEND() will return .T. or .F. otherwise.  The MAILERROR() function can be used to return the error message if the MAILSEND() fails.
  
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!Parameters||Required||Default||Description
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!width="15%"|Parameters||width="15%"| Required||width="15%"| Default||Description
 
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|<expC1>||No||Your node||The from name of the sender
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|valign="top"|<expC1>||valign="top"|No||valign="top"|Your node||valign="top"|The from name of the sender
 
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|<expC2>||Yes||None||A semi-colon separated list of recipient names to receive the message
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|valign="top"|<expC2>||valign="top"|Yes||valign="top"|None||A semi-colon separated list of recipient names to receive the message
 
|-
 
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|<expC3>||Yes||None||A semi-colon separated list of cc recipient names to receive the message
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|valign="top"|<expC3>||valign="top"|Yes||valign="top"|None||A semi-colon separated list of cc recipient names to receive the message
 
|-
 
|-
 
|<expC4>||No||None||The subject of the message
 
|<expC4>||No||None||The subject of the message
 
|-
 
|-
|<expC5>||Yes||None||The message to be sent.  This can be a character string, a variable containing a character string or a character string containing the name of a text file.
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|valign="top"|<expC5>||valign="top"|Yes||valign="top"|None||The message to be sent.  This can be a character string, a variable containing a character string or a character string containing the name of a text file.
 
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|<expC6>||No||None||A comma separated list of names of files to be sent as attachments
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|valign="top"|<expC6>||valign="top"|No||valign="top"|None||A comma separated list of names of files to be sent as attachments
 
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|<expL1>||No||None||Open VMS only.  If <expL1> is .T. (true), any attachments will be sent as ASCII, not binary.  If <expL1> is .F. or omitted, all attachments will be sent as binary 64 bit encoded.
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|valign="top"|<expL1>||valign="top"|No||valign="top"|None||Ignored.
 
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|<expC7>||No||text/plain||Content type.
 
|<expC7>||No||text/plain||Content type.
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endif
  
fromname = "info@recital.com"
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fromname = "info@lianja.com"
tonames = "fred@recital.com;sue@recital.com"
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tonames = "fred@lianja.com;sue@lianja.com"
ccnames = "bert@recital.co.uk;linda@recital.co.uk"
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ccnames = "bert@lianja.com;linda@lianja.com"
 
subject = "For your information"
 
subject = "For your information"
 
message = "Dear All" + chr(10) + "Here are the files you asked for." + chr(10) + ;
 
message = "Dear All" + chr(10) + "Here are the files you asked for." + chr(10) + ;
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endif
 
endif
  
fromname = "info@recital.com"
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fromname = "info@lianja.com"
tonames = "fred@recital.com"
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tonames = "fred@lianja.com"
 
ccnames = ""
 
ccnames = ""
 
subject = "For your information"
 
subject = "For your information"
 
message = "email.htm"
 
message = "email.htm"
 
attachments = ""
 
attachments = ""
content = "test/html"
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content = "text/html"
 
sendmail(fromname,tonames,ccnames,subject,message,attachments,.F.,content)
 
sendmail(fromname,tonames,ccnames,subject,message,attachments,.F.,content)
 
mailclose()
 
mailclose()

Latest revision as of 06:57, 2 February 2015

Purpose

Function to send mail

Syntax

MAILSEND([<expC1>],<expC2>, [<expC3>], [<expC4>], <expC5> [,<expC6> [, <expL1>]] [, <expC7>])

See Also

CLOSEMAIL(), COUNTMAIL(), DELETEMAIL(), MAILCLOSE(), MAILATTACH(), MAILCOUNT(), MAILDELETE(), MAILERROR(), MAILHEADER(), MAILNODENAME(), MAILOPEN(), MAILREAD(), MAILSAVEAS(), MAILUSERNAME(), OPENMAIL(), READMAIL(), SENDMAIL()

Description

The MAILSEND() function is used for sending mail. If successful the MAILSEND() will return .T. or .F. otherwise. The MAILERROR() function can be used to return the error message if the MAILSEND() fails.

Parameters Required Default Description
<expC1> No Your node The from name of the sender
<expC2> Yes None A semi-colon separated list of recipient names to receive the message
<expC3> Yes None A semi-colon separated list of cc recipient names to receive the message
<expC4> No None The subject of the message
<expC5> Yes None The message to be sent. This can be a character string, a variable containing a character string or a character string containing the name of a text file.
<expC6> No None A comma separated list of names of files to be sent as attachments
<expL1> No None Ignored.
<expC7> No text/plain Content type.

Example

// Open SMTP for sending
m_open = mailopen("mailserver.company.com","username","password","SMTP")
if not m_open
    dialog box mailerror()
    return
endif
 
fromname = "info@lianja.com"
tonames = "fred@lianja.com;sue@lianja.com"
ccnames = "bert@lianja.com;linda@lianja.com"
subject = "For your information"
message = "Dear All" + chr(10) + "Here are the files you asked for." + chr(10) + ;
"Best regards" + chr(10) + "Sam"
attachments = "info.doc, info.xls"
mailsend(fromname,tonames,ccnames,subject,message,attachments)
mailclose()
 
// Open SMTP for sending
m_open = mailopen("mailserver.company.com","username","password","SMTP")
if not m_open
    dialog box mailerror()
    return
endif
 
fromname = "info@lianja.com"
tonames = "fred@lianja.com"
ccnames = ""
subject = "For your information"
message = "email.htm"
attachments = ""
content = "text/html"
sendmail(fromname,tonames,ccnames,subject,message,attachments,.F.,content)
mailclose()