I know nothing much about tcl/tk, but if it can execute a shell command,
it could perhaps use the mail command. 

It seems pretty primitive to have to reinvent the smtp wheel in your
script.


On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 16:19:05 +1300
Hans Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> hi Carey
>    
> Carey Evans wrote:
> > Some servers will fail though, especially ones with anti-spam
> > configurations, if you just send all the lines one after another without
> > stopping to read the server's responses.
> 
> Actually I tried to read the servers response after sending each line, but the
> "gets $s_ptr" command just hangs. (I do get a response to HELO, and but not after 
> other commands). Any thoughts on this?
> 
> >  Actually, the lines you're
> > sending are not quite correct either.
> 
> Which ones?
> 
> > 
> > Why not use the "smtp" package from Tcllib to do it properly?
> > 
> >      http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcllib/
> 
> I'm using the TCL shell in a Communications testset, and it doesnt have the
> required packages/libraries installed. It offers just basic functionality.
> 
> The reason I dint try to make the code very robust is that this email-capablity
> is not a critical (or even a nescessary) part of the script. Just put it in to
> let me know the status of a test-script if run over the weekend. However, I 
> would be grateful for any suggestions/tips.
> 
> Thanks,
> Hans

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