Mail is sent with the queue to e-mail symbiont by printing a file with the OpenVMS PRINT command. Addressing information can either be specified with the /PARAMETER qualifier or embedded in the message body in a format acceptable to an addressing channel.
The recognized parameters are shown in Table 28-1 .
| Parameter | Usage |
|---|---|
| BCC | List of one or more addresses to which to send a blind carbon copy. |
| CC | List of one more addresses to which to send a carbon copy. |
| ENCODING | Encoding format to use; may be one of BASE64, HEXADECIMAL, QUOTED_PRINTABLE, or UUENCODE. |
| FROM | Address to use as the message's From: address; requires that the option FROM_ALLOWED be set to 1 in the option file. |
| HEADERS | The symbiont is to use the RFC 822 headers already present in the file; does not take a value. |
| MODE | File access mode to use; may be one of CRATTRIBUTE, LFATTRIBUTE, CRLFATTRIBUTE, BLOCK, RECORD, or TEXT. |
| SUBJECT | Subject: line to use for the message. |
For example, the PRINT command
$ PRINT/QUEUE=Q2EMAIL/PARAMETER=(TO="mrochek@acme.com",- _$ CC="bob@acme.com,sue@acme.com",SUBJECT="Test message") - _$ message.txtwould send, via the queue Q2EMAIL, the file
message.txt to
mrochek@acme.com, bob@acme.com, and sue@acme.com. The Subject: line
will read "Subject: Test message".
To print a Word Perfect PostScript file doc.ps to the
PS-FAX channel, a command of the following form might be used:
$ PRINT/QUEUE=Q2EMAIL/PARAMETER=(MODE=BLOCK,ENCODING=BASE64,- _$ TO="""/fn=621 5319/at=Mrochek/""@ps-fax") doc.ps
When mail is to be sent from a remote system (e.g., via LPD), then all of the addressing information may be embedded in the message body in a format acceptable to the addressing channel to which the message will be routed (since it will lack TO, BCC, or CC parameters specifying where to route it).