DataEnter, Michael Kocum Taborstrasse 27/23 A-1020 Vienna AUSTRIA CIS: 70143,1667 MHS: MICHAEL @ DEMK (via CSERVE) Internet: michael@demk.co.at Fax: +43/1/2143829 Introduction to MailSend ------------------------ MailSend is a addon for Microsoft Mail and Windows for Workgroups. Its purpose is to send MS Mail messages from the command line or from batch files. Some suggestion what you can do: -After you overnight backup, send the backup log to your mailbox -Send your monthly report to you boss -In a more sophisticated enviroment, you can export data out of your application, pass it to MailSend as an attachment. MailSend will send it to the destination and there you can use MailExtr to convert it back to a file and import it in your application. (In fact, a lot of customers make there database updates via MailSend and MailExtr fully automated) System Requirements ------------------- DOS 3.3 or higher Microsoft Mail, version 3.0 or above or Windows for Workgroups, versions 3.1 or above Installation ------------ Create a directory on your server and copy MAILSEND.EXE, APPGET.EXE and APPPUT.EXE into this directory. We suggest that you make a directory called MailSend below your MAILEXE, so its clear that MailSend belongs to MS Mail. Arguments --------- MailSend uses the following arguments: -f Mailbox name -p Mailbox password (default no password) -t Destination address in full Microsoft format (Network/Postoffice/User) Multiply addresses are allowed. -s Subject for message (if the subject contains spaces, put it between quotes, like -s'More than one word') -d Drive where MailData is located (default drive M) or full path to MailData with trailing backslash like M:\MAILDATA\ -i File to import for message body -a File to attach to message (Multiply files are allowed) -@ Read additional argument from a file (-qFILE.EXT) (each argument requries one line) Sample: To send mail from Admin with a password of PASSWORD to Rick (located on Network NET and postoffice POST) and your maildrive is M: use the following. MailSend -fAdmin -pPassword -dM -tNet/Post/Rick -sTestmail To attach a file to the message: MailSend -fAdmin -pPassword -dM -tNet/Post/Rick -sTestMail -aATTACH.XLS Same as above with an argument file: MailSend -@ARG.TXT Sample ARG.TXT -------------- -fAdmin -pPassword -dM -tNet/Post/Rick -sTestMail -aATTACH.XLS Enclosed you will find additional information from Microsoft's knowledge base about MSMail addressing schemes (Q94410.TXT) and how to send to a group (Q119685.TXT) Return Codes ------------ MailSend supports the following return codes (errorlevel): 0 Message sent 1 Message not sent Licensing Agreement ------------------- MailSend (c) is copyrighted 1993-1995 by DataEnter, Michael Kocum, portions (c) Microsoft Corp. This product and its documentation may not, in whole or in part, be copied, reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any other natural or computer language, in any form or by any means whatsoever, be it electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written consent of DataEnter. DataEnter makes no warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, with respect to the product MailSend and its documentation, their quality, perfomance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. DataEnter reserves the right to revise the user's guide and make changes in the content without obligation to notify any person or organization of such a change. In no event will DataEnter be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, real or imagined, resulting from the use or purchase of this software. Under no circumstances shall DataEnter's liability for damages exceed the price paid for the software license. Should any remedy hereunder be determined to have failed, all limitations of liability and exclusion of damages set forth above shall remain in full force and effect. The extent of the DataEnter's warranty for the software and its documentation is limited to physical defects of the distribution media containing the software. Contact DataEnter to obtain return authorization for the replacement diskette within 30 days of the original date of purchase. Any further statement made by agents, employees, distributors or dealers of DataEnter do not constitute warranties and are not binding. No employee of DataEnter has the authority to modify any portion of this warranty. All brand and product names we refer to in the documentation are used solely for identification purposes and may be trademarks of other companies. DataEnter, (the licensor) grants the buyer (the licensee) the right to use this copy of MailSend (the program) on a single postoffice at a single location as long as the licensee complies with the terms of this license. The licensor reserves the right to terminate this license if the licensee violates any part of the agreement. The licensee agrees to make copies of the program only for backup purposes. The licensee agrees not to copy the documentation and to take all necessary precautions to ensure that the backup copies of the software are not distributed to or acquired by other parties. Microsoft Mail is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. Windows for Workgroups is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.