SENDMAIL()

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()

Products

Recital, Recital Server