Difference between revisions of "SENDMAIL()"
From Lianjapedia
Helen.george (Talk | contribs) |
|||
Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
The SENDMAIL() function is used for sending mail. If successful the SENDMAIL() will return .T. or .F. otherwise. The MAILERROR() function can be used to return the error message if the SENDMAIL() fails. | The SENDMAIL() function is used for sending mail. If successful the SENDMAIL() will return .T. or .F. otherwise. The MAILERROR() function can be used to return the error message if the SENDMAIL() fails. | ||
− | {| class="wikitable" | + | {| class="wikitable" width=100% |
!Parameters||Required||Default||Description | !Parameters||Required||Default||Description | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |<expC1>||No||Your node||The from name of the sender | + | |valign="top"|<expC1>||valign="top"|No||Your node||valign="top"|The from name of the sender |
|- | |- | ||
− | |<expC2>||Yes||None||A semi-colon separated list of recipient names to receive the message | + | |valign="top"|<expC2>||valign="top"|Yes||valign="top"|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 | + | |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 | + | |valign="top"|<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. | + | |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. |
|- | |- | ||
− | |<expC6>||No||None||A comma separated list of names of files to be sent as attachments | + | |valign="top"|<expC6>||valign="top"|No||valign="top"|None||A comma separated list of names of files to be sent as attachments |
|- | |- | ||
− | |<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. | + | |valign="top"|<expL1>||valign="top"|No||valign="top"|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. |
|- | |- | ||
− | |<expC7>||No||text/plain||Content type | + | |valign="top"|<expC7>||valign="top"|No||text/plain||valign="top"|Content type |
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} |
Revision as of 12:38, 18 January 2013
Contents
Purpose
Function to send mail
Syntax
SENDMAIL([<expC1>],<expC2>, [<expC3>], [<expC4>], <expC5> [,<expC6> [, <expL1>]] [,<expC7>])
See Also
CLOSEMAIL(), COUNTMAIL(), DELETEMAIL(), MAILATTACH(), MAILCLOSE(), MAILCOUNT(), MAILDELETE(), MAILERROR(), MAILHEADER(), MAILNODENAME(), MAILOPEN(), MAILREAD(), MAILSAVEAS(), MAILSEND(), MAILUSERNAME(), OPENMAIL(), READMAIL()
Description
The SENDMAIL() function is used for sending mail. If successful the SENDMAIL() will return .T. or .F. otherwise. The MAILERROR() function can be used to return the error message if the SENDMAIL() 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 | 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. |
<expC7> | No | text/plain | Content type |
Example
// Open SMTP mail connection to the mail server m_open = mailopen("mailserver.company.com","username","password","SMTP") if not m_open dialog box mailerror() return endif // send the mail fromname = "info@recital.com" tonames = "fred@recital.com;sue@recital.com" ccnames = "bert@recital.co.uk;linda@recital.co.uk" subject = "For your information" msg = "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, msg, attachments) // close the connection to the mail server mailclose() // Open SMTP mail connection to the mail server m_open = mailopen("mailserver.company.com", "username", "password") if not m_open dialog box mailerror() return endif // sendmail() and mailsend() are functionally identical fromname = "info@recital.com" tonames = "fred@recital.com" ccnames = "" subject = "For your information" msg = "email.htm" attachments = "" content = "text/html" sendmail(fromname, tonames, ccnames, subject, msg, attachments, .F., content) // close the connection to the mail server mailclose()