SENDMAIL()

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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
<expC7> No text/plain Content type
<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.
<expN> Yes None Numeric value specifying the mail message to read

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()