Batch File that creates and sends an email

Rhys · 14 Aug 2007 at 17:26

Can anyone write a batch file that opens outlook and creates an email then sends it to an address specified in the batch file. Also i will need to add a subject and body.

Code:

START mailto:[email protected]?subject=Test%%20messageˆ&[email protected]ˆ&body=Hi,%%0D%%0A%%0D%%0AThis%%20is%%20an%%20automatically%%20created%%20message.%%0D%%0A%%0D%%0ABye

This opens it and adds a subject but doesnt send it.

scratch · 14 Aug 2007 at 21:10

What's the scenario that this batch file would be used in? To be honest it doesn't sound like a batch file on it's own would do what you require as there will be some kind of input required to send the email.

Have you considered using a command-line utility to send the email? Something like this: http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/

Andy

Deathwish · 14 Aug 2007 at 22:46

blat may also be useful

http://www.blat.net/

hybrid · 14 Aug 2007 at 23:02

Sounds like some sort of spaming script going on here.

M0KUJ1N · 14 Aug 2007 at 23:46

grok perl?

L33 · 14 Aug 2007 at 23:55

postie.exe (Google it, I think it was part of the Win2k admin/support pack)

rick827 · 15 Aug 2007 at 11:35

I use bmail to send myself email alerts generated with a batch script. Works a charm

Curiosityx · 15 Aug 2007 at 12:15

Do you have an exchange server locally or an open mail server that you can relay through?

Rhys · 15 Aug 2007 at 16:47

The reason I want it is so if someone clicks on the batch file it opens outlook, creates an email to a spcified user, with a specified subject and sends it.

The batch file is to hold all the info and it will email the same info each time.