fastmail(1)                         CLIX                         fastmail(1)



  NAME

    fastmail - Runs a quick batch mail interface to a single address

  SYNOPSIS

    fastmail [-b bcc_list] [-c cc_list] [-d] [-f fromname] [-r replyto] [-s
    subject] filename address ...

  FLAGS

    -b bcc_list   Allows a list of people to receive blind-carbon copies (bcc)
                  of the message.  This list should have full email addresses.
                  (The blind-carbon copy feature allows a message to be sent
                  to users without the names of copied recipients being listed
                  in the header information of the mail message.)

    -c cc_list    Allows a list of people to receive carbon copies (cc) of the
                  message.  This list should have full email addresses.

    -d            (Debug)  Provides output useful for debugging.

    -f fromname   Overrides the user's name in the From: line.  For example,
                  if a user's address is x!y, and the name is John Smith, then
                  the default From: line would be From: x!y (John Smith).
                  Using -f John when invoking fastmail would change the
                  heading to From: x!y (John).

    -r replyto    Specifies a different address for replies than the address
                  used to send the original message.  For example, the user
                  sends mail with a reply-to address of list-request by
                  entering -r list-request.  The header generated is then
                  Reply-To:  list-request.

    -s subject    Specifies the subject.

  DESCRIPTION

    The fastmail command, a low-level interface to the mail system, provides
    batch-processed mailing.  This command is intended for mailing the
    specified filename to very large groups of people, a few at a time.

    The filename argument represents the full pathname of the file to send.
    The address argument represents the full mailing address to which the
    message will be sent.

    The fastmail command is a command within the Elm product.

  EXAMPLES

    User joe on machine joevax has a shell script called batch-mail that



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  fastmail(1)                         CLIX                         fastmail(1)



    contains the following lines:

    #
    # Batch Mail - batch mailing of a file to a lot of users
    #
    # Usage: batch-mail "from" "subject" filename

    sender_copy = $LOGIN
    replto = "The-Joe-List"

    fastmail -b $sender_copy -r $replyto -f "$1" -s "$2" $3 person1
    sleep 10
    fastmail -r $replyto -f "$1" -s "$2" $3 person2
    sleep 10
    fastmail -r $replyto -f "$1" -s "$2" $3 person3
    sleep 10
    fastmail -r $replyto -f "$1" -s "$2" $3 person4

    User joe enters the following command:

    batch-mail "Joe" "Warning to all" warning.text

    This command mails a copy of the warning.text file to person1, person2,
    person3, and person4.  The $LOGIN also receives a copy of the first
    message in the mail, silently.  Each resultant message includes the
    following headers:

    From: joevax!big (Joe)
    Subject: Warning to all
    Reply-To: The-Joe-List


  FILES

    /usr/lib/sendmail   The sendmail transport, if available.

    /bin/rmail          Transport used if sendmail is not available.

    /tmp/fastmail.$$    Temporary file.

  EXIT VALUES

    The exit values are not valid.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands: sendmail(8), rmail(1), elm(1)







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