> * From: Doug Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >On Wed, 8 Mar 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >This is a followup to a message not yet appearing on this board. I am >> >writing this from lynx.exe with LYMail.c altered to call blat.exe with >> >the -noh2 option so that only the lynx boilerplate gets appended to the >> >letter file. As you can see, the mailer or lynx inserts a blank line, >> >so the boilerplate still ends up as email text. >> >> Footnotes: I went through the existing LYMail.c code and devised a >> command-line test of the correctness of the USE_BLAT_MAILER code. It >> turns out that the command line >> >> blat "@blat_file.blt" letter.txt >> >> or >> >> blat @blat_file.blt letter.txt >> >> gives an error message in the most recent blat release. The sequence >> '@blat_file.blt' or '@ blat_file.blt' simply isn't recognized, and >> typing blat -h on the command line confirms that the response file >> call is not supported. > >Lynx has NEVER been compatible with the release version of blat. >It works with blatj, the Japanese variant. As noted before in this >list, the lynx code would have to be changed to work with standard >blat. I have worked on this a bit, but the work is unfinished and is >low priority for me. The "blat @file" format is specific to blatj. >Unfortunately, blatj is hardcoded to put a Japanese codepage in >the headers. Use of blat with the Win32 port should be considered >experimental. Only use this if you plan to use blatj, or plan to hack >the code for blat or lynx to make them compatible. > Doug OK, and now you've written a piece of documentation to be included with the lynx distribution. I've been playing with doing direct email smtp-style using a telnet to my smtp server at port 25. It really is very simple, a lot simpler than having umpteen different email program interfaces. Below is what I copied off the screen of the telnet program. (Sorry, local echo is not working on the Windows hyperterm program.): ======================================================================== 250 smtppop3.gte.net Hello 1Cust74.tnt2.st-petersburg.fl.da.uu.net [63.27.31.74] , pleased to meet you 250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender ok 250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Recipient ok 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself 250 LAA2224396 Message accepted for delivery 221 smtppop3.gte.net closing connection =====================================================================
