topic Re: MAIL and sending a text body rather than file in Operating System - OpenVMS

MAIL and sending a text body rather than file

Steve Butti — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:28:02 GMT

Rather than:
MAIL/SUB="Test" FILE.TXT smtp%"JOE.GO@uch.edu"

I want to send

$ MAIL/SUB="Test" -
This is a test of an email
block of text sent to a
single person
$ smtp%"JOE.BLOW@uch.edu"

I had done this task several years back but can not seem to get the syntax correct and nothing is provided in HELP. Is this still available in VMS 7 ?

Re: MAIL and sending a text body rather than file

Steven Schweda — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:42:31 GMT

FILE.TXT -> SYS$INPUT ?

> [...] nothing is provided in HELP. [...]

HELP DECK
but examples seem sparse.

Re: MAIL and sending a text body rather than file

Steve Butti — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:50:40 GMT

Bingo!!!
mail/subject="Test" SYS$INPUT smtp%"joe.go@uch.edu" was what I needed.
Many thanks,
Steve

Re: MAIL and sending a text body rather than file

Steven Schweda — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:23:23 GMT

> Hopefully I will figure out how to get that
> rabbit icon on this thread!

That comes from assigning points, doing
which, I suspect, requires that you re-open
the thread. It could be an educational
experience.

Re: MAIL and sending a text body rather than file

Dennis Handly — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:41:30 GMT

>Hopefully I will figure out how to get that rabbit icon on this thread!

As Steven said, you will have to reopen the thread, assign points then close it:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#41
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33