Deadline Systems - SendM@ail FAQ

Deadline Systems SendM@ail FAQ

How do I send mail ?
Right click on the taskbar icon and select the Send... option. A dialog asking for the recipients email address, the subject of the email and text (or body) or the message will appear. When you've typed these details click on Send and thats it.
Alternatively, double click on the tray icon and the Send Dialog will appear even more quickly.
How do I send an Email to more than one person at once ?
Type in the email addresses in the To field of the Send Dialog seperated by commas or spaces.
The colour of the dialog is a disgusting yellow, how do I change it ?
The Change Background option is only available to Registered Users. Also, due to Windows limitations it must be a solid colour.
How do I send a message with a Subject line as well as text ?
In the body of the message type Subject: followed by your subject. Then leave a blank line and type the rest of the message. It is possible to send just a message with a subject and no text. This applies to a text file if you're sending mail from the command line and also the the Send Dialog box.
How do send mail from the command line ?
You need to create a text file using an text editor such as notepad (not Word or WordPad). The first line of the text file must be the list of recipients - seperate them with either spaces or commas. The second and subsequent lines of the text file are the message. Save it as mail.txt in the same directory as SendM@ail. Then from the SendM@ail directory type sendm32 mail.txt.
An example of the contents of the file mail.txt is shown below
```
bill@whitehouse.gov
Subject: News of great new mail app for the net

Bill,

    Check this out - I've just discovered a great new app on the net.
I'll let you have the URL when we get together on Friday.


Regards Al
```
If you specify the -t option on the command line you must omit the list of recipients from the first line. This is useful for mailing attachments.
How do I register SendM@ail ?
You need to visit the Registration Page. A license number will be generated for you (usually within 24 hours) and emailed back to you with confirmation of your purchase.
How do I send data files as attachments from the command line ?
SendM@ail automatically detects if files need encoding using industry standard MIME protocols. To send a file sm32.zip to George you would need to enter the command sendm32 -tgeorge@thebiz.com sm32.zip
This will detect that sm32.zip is not a text message and encode it appropriately and send it to George.
Now I've got a license number what do I do with it ?
Start SendM@ail as usual. Go to the About Dialog and click on the Register Button. You can then type in your name and company name and your new license number. You must type in the details exactly as shown on your Registration Certificate.
What's the most recent version of SendM@ail ?
It's currently V1.02.
I'm a software developer who needs to incorporate email into my application. How can SendM@ail help ?
Since SendM@ail can be called from the command line it can easily be invoked using the WinExec() or CreateProcess() APIs. There's no need to learn MAPI or interface to obscure DLLs. Talk to us about volume discounts or bundling SendM@ail with your products or even customisation.
I'm an environmentally aware computer user who feels that email could be used more effectively in my organisation. Can SendM@ail help ?
Yes. Anything that is printed and subsequently mailed using the postal service could be emailed instead. SendM@ail can be integrated with your applications to automatically email these documents/printouts. This would save the trees and the cost of postage as well. Tell your Computer Department about your ideas and get them to check out this URL.
Can I use SendM@ail with my WWW page to allow forms to be emailed ?
Yes. You'll need to modify your PERL or CGI scripts to generate a text file and also pass the correct parameters to SendM@ail.