On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 15:49:00 -0400 Duane Weaver said:
>Why on earth would someone even do email on VM these days.
I have written my own MAILER in REXX and PIPEs. We send email to
students, alumni and newsletter subscribers with this MAILER. It is
quite easy to personalize the email.
For example: We send students their registration information in a
personalized email with such information as the date and time of
registration, their advisor's name, office address, email address
and telephone number.
The actual email body is composed using an HTML editor such as
FrontPage using various fonts and colors. The HTML body is then
uploaded to a VM account. My mailer creates the SMTP headers for the
email and appends the HTML body. The body contains tags such as
$DATE$ and $TIME$ for registration that is easily changed to real data
with PIPE commands. MAILER then send the email to the SMTP server.
/Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 43 years
[EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock"
