Try replacing dput(x) with capture.output(dput(x)) dput(x) prints a parsable representation of x but returns x. capture.output(y) returns what print(y) would have printed.
Bill Dunlap Spotfire, TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On > Behalf > Of Lopez, Dan > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 4:09 PM > To: David Winsemius > Cc: R help (r-help@r-project.org) > Subject: Re: [R] Sending Email from R > > David, > > Yes, sorry, I sent the version of this were I was playing with trying to get > two sets of text > in the body. You are right: > body <- list("It works!", mime_part(iris) ) > > But that doesn't address my original problem with trying to get dput() into > email from R. I > mean I can copy and paste as I usually do but just thought there is an easy > way to do it > through sendmail. > > Thanks. > Dan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Winsemius [mailto:dwinsem...@comcast.net] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 4:06 PM > To: Lopez, Dan > Cc: R help (r-help@r-project.org) > Subject: Re: [R] Sending Email from R > > > On Feb 20, 2013, at 2:21 PM, Lopez, Dan wrote: > > > David > > > > Thanks for the other resources. But I think those don't solve my problem. > > > > FYI I used sendmailR:sendmail without password. > > > > This is more or less how I ended up doing it. I can send a simple plain > > email or a simple > plain email with an attachment or few attachments. Not sure if it makes a > difference but > in this test I am sending to myself from within the company > > > > I am just trying to figure out how to email the contents from dput(). > > Whenever I try it > prints it to the screen and the contents don't appear in the email at all: > body or > attachment. If I try it as an attachment (that's the mime_part()) the > attachment is blank. > > > > ## Not run: > > from <- "lopez...@llnl.gov" > > to <- "lopez...@llnl.gov" > > subject <- "This email from R" > > body <- list("It works!", "mime_part(iris)") > > Shouldn't that be : > > body <- list("It works!", mime_part(iris) ) # ??? > > > > > > mailControl=list(smtpServer="thing.thing.gov") > > > > sendmail(from=from,to=to,subject=subject,msg=body,control=mailControl) > > ## End(Not run) > > > > Thanks. > > Dan > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Winsemius [mailto:dwinsem...@comcast.net] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 11:59 AM > > To: David Winsemius > > Cc: Lopez, Dan; R help (r-help@r-project.org) > > Subject: Re: [R] Sending Email from R > > > > > > On Feb 20, 2013, at 10:44 AM, David Winsemius wrote: > > > >> > >> On Feb 20, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Lopez, Dan wrote: > >> > >>> Hi R experts, > >>> > >>> I know how to send simple plain text message in body and how to send with > attachments. This is thanks to stackoverflow reference below. > >>> > >>> But I don't know how to send dput() output in the body of the email (or > >>> attachment) > using sendmailR. I more interested in figuring out how to include it as part > of the body of > the email. > >>> > >>> Does anybody have experience on how to do this? > >>> > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2885660/how-to-send-email-with-attachment- > from-r-in-windows > > > >>> #?sendmailR::sendmail > >>> > >>> library(sendmailR) > >>> > >>> #set working directory > >>> setwd("C:/workingdirectorypath") > >>> > >>> #####send plain email > >>> > >>> from <- "y...@account.com" > >>> to <- "recipi...@account.com" > >>> subject <- "Email Subject" > >>> body <- "Email body." > >>> mailControl=list(smtpServer="serverinfo") > >>> > >>> sendmail(from=from,to=to,subject=subject,msg=body,control=mailControl) > >> > >> Does this mean you get success with the simple example you posted? > > > > This might be critical. There was a 2010 posting from Barry Rowlingson > > saying that > 'sendmail' in sendmailR was unable to provide smtp-authorization. I got an > error > message regarding authorization when I added my password. > > > > http://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.r-project.r- > help+sendmail+authentication#query:list%3Aorg.r-project.r- > help%20sendmail%20authentication+page:1+mid:pwfqwwwumgwtcqx7+state:results > > > > That thread also included Ben Bolker's offer of code in package:Rmail at: > > > > http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/~bolker/R/src/contrib/ > > > > > > I was able to get Lin Himmelmann's mail::sendmail function to send a > > message to > myself. Looking at the code it appears Lin has set up a PHP server and is > parsing an http: > request. It also doesn't look like it is intended to be general solution > since there is a > message saying the numbers of messages are limited. > > > > -- > > > > David Winsemius > > Alameda, CA, USA > > > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.