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MIME: Inserting a msg in-line

Jack Trachtman — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:59:46 GMT

I have a DCL script to create a MIME e-mail as follows:

$ MIME
NEW/NOEDIT msgfile
ADD somefile
ADD anotherfile
SAVE
EXIT
$

With the /NOEDIT switch there is no text associated with the msgfile, only the attached files. This script works.

If I try to add msg text I get stuck interactively in the text editor. For example, this doesn't work:

$ MIME
NEW msgfile
INSERT ; some text line
EXIT
ADD attachment
...

How can I create a text component? Does it
have to be somehow outside of MIME? (The MIME doc doesn't seem to explain this.)

Thanks

Re: MIME: Inserting a msg in-line

Karl Rohwedder — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:59:56 GMT

I'm not too familiar with the MIME utility, but have you tried:
$ MIME
NEW msgfile /edit="@create_message"
...

and in CREATE_MESSAGE.COM:
$ COPY SYS$INPUT 'P1'
Here comes the inlinetext!
$EOD
$EXIT

regards Kalle

Re: MIME: Inserting a msg in-line

Joseph Huber_1 — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 03:37:34 GMT

If the text is not something fixed as in Volkers example, You can produce the file in advance as any other text-file, e.g. by DCL WRITE statements (which can contain variables).

Then use MIME:
OPEN/DRAFT thefile
ADD attachment
...
SAVE

Re: MIME: Inserting a msg in-line

Joseph Huber_1 — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 03:40:18 GMT

eh, Volker above was indeed Karl :-)

Re: MIME: Inserting a msg in-line

Robert Atkinson — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 04:34:39 GMT

Jack - attached is a script that does exactly what you want (may need some tweaking your end).

The embedded message is HTML, but can be anything.

Rob.

Re: MIME: Inserting a msg in-line

Jack Trachtman — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:08:35 GMT

Thanks all