Filepro and Email Generation

[Richard D. Williams]

Linda,

It is very easy to e-mail from filepro.
Use mutt or sendmail. I like mutt for sending attachments.

1) create a nocodes output format. generate the form and cat it thru 
sendmail.
make sure you have the From: To: and Subject at the top of the output 
format.
cat filename | /usr/lib/sendmail -t

2) create a form using hplaser use pcl2pdf or some other utility to 
create a pdf and use mutt to send the attachment.
echo -e "This message is in the body of the e-mail" | mutt -F 
/who_you_are_file -s "subject" -a fullpath_of_attachement 
to_email at address.com

I create individual sender profiles for each user and a generic one just 
in case. I store these in /appl/MUTT/user_name.

sample file:
set hostname=appgrp.net

my_hdr From:richard at appgrp.net

set realname="Richard D. Williams"


Hope this helps,

Richard D. Williams

Linda Hapner wrote:

> I have a reader service program (bingo cards from magazine items) that 
> was written years ago and we've been printing forms and mailing to 
> customers.  The program works great, but in todays technology, 
> everyone wants the inquiry information emailed to them.
>  
> Of course an export file is easy to do, and I do this for our big 
> advertisers who request it.  But we'd have to hire a person to 
> coordinate the volume we get in both ads and product mentions each 
> month for two magazines.
>  
> I've been asked to look into electronic transmittal of these inquiries 
> for everyone and to scrap the expensive printing and mailing -- which 
> actually makes some sense.
>  
> Can anyone tell me how an automatic email and attachment can be 
> coordinated to run smoothly within filepro?  I have all the 
> information in the files -- I'm just not sure how one would output for 
> an email and an attachment.
>  
> The customer has a SCO unix system and it is connected to the internet.
>  
> If anyone is doing this type of work and would like to quote on 
> assisting, please send an email to me at my private address of    
> linda at hapner.com <mailto:linda at hapner.com>.  I'm hoping there is a 
> command out there or a setup procedure that I'm not aware of that 
> would facilitate this.
>  
> Thanks much
>  
> Linda Hapner
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