Collection of articles provides information on various aspects of using and troubleshooting Command Line Email utility. Documentation categories cover different issues, starting from the very basics of creating batch files and moving forward to growing complexity of using the advanced scripting techniques.
Overview
Command Line Email supports all necessary commands that allow great flexibility on how to send email. Usually, you need just a few simple commands: FROM, TO, TEXT, SUBJ, ATTACH, SMTP, AUTH (+USER and PASS) and optionally SSL that ensures the connection and data safety.
febootimail -FROM james.green@example.com -TO ted@example.net -TEXT Sending very simple SSL email from DOS with Word attachment -SUBJ My first email with attachment -ATTACH c:\file\summary.docx -SMTP smtp.example.com -AUTH AUTO -USER john -PASS jg#465@2 -SSL When sending email from the command line, all arguments can be used in any order. It is totally up to you on how to organize the command sequence.
Basic examples
- Basics · the quick reference of using Command Line Email
- Attachments · send an email with attachments
- TO, CC and BCC · set email recipients
- Friendly name · supplement email address with a friendly name
- HTML email · a well formatted HTML email with embedded images
- Character sets · emails in various languages
- Mail priority · priority settings of an email message
- Comment and organization · add Comment and Organization fields to the email
- List, bulk, junk · use precedence fields in the email
Advanced
- Tips & Tricks · a few quick email tricks
- Batch file & errorlevels · errorlevel values can be used in conditional processing
- Debug mode · debug a client-server connection
- USEFILE argument · a text file as any parameter value
- Logging · a log file provides general overview on email sending processes
Email integration
- Overview on automatic emails · automate with Command Line Email
- Send & schedule recurring e-mail · an overview of recurring emails
- Batch file email · sending an email from the batch file
- Send email from JScript · using JScript to send an email
- Email from legacy application · an order confirmation email setup
- App output as attachments · generate a report from any application and send it by email
- Sending application text output · retrieve and email a Windows process list
Email commands
List of all supported email commands with a brief description. Click on the command to view full details and parameter requirements, including usage examples.
| Command & Aliases | Description |
|---|---|
| -SMTP -SERVER |
SMTP server name or IP address. By default, localhost 127.0.0.1 is used. |
| -PORT | SMTP server port number. By default, the port 587 is used. |
| -TO | Destination email address or list of recipients, separated by comma or semicolon. |
| -TONAME | Friendly name of the email recipient. |
| -TOEACH -SPLIT |
Sending the same email to many recipients at once, yet a separate email is delivered to each individual recipient. |
| -CC | Carbon Copy email address or list of recipients, separated by comma or semicolon. |
| -BCC | Blind Carbon Copy email address or list of recipients, separated by comma or semicolon. |
| -TEXT -BODY -MSG -MESSAGE |
Text of the email message. |
| -ENTER -CR |
Separate email text with line breaks into paragraphs. |
| -EMOJI -EMOTE -SMILEY |
Enable pictograms (aka smileys) in an email body and subject, by converting text emoticons to emoji Unicode characters. |
| -FROM | Email address of the sender. |
| -FROMNAME | Sender friendly name. |
| -SUBJ -SUBJECT |
Subject of a message. |
| -REPLYTO | Reply To email address. |
| -REPLYTONAME | Reply To friendly name. |
| -ATTACH -FILE |
Attachment of the email. Multiple files, file masks and wildcards are supported. |
| -IAE | Ignore any errors related to email attachments, such as Access denied, Sharing violation, etc. Alternate name: IGNOREATTACHERRORS |
| -USEFILE -UF |
Take value from a text file. This argument can be used with any other parameter. |
| -CONFIG -CFG |
Use predefined arguments from the configuration file. |
| -AUTH | SMTP authentication method. AUTO command enables automatic detection of an authentication method. |
| -USER -USERNAME |
SMTP user name. |
| -PASS -PASSWORD |
SMTP password. |
| -SSL | Use secure connection to SSL enabled SMTP server. |
| -STARTTLS | Establish secure connection to the server with STARTTLS extension. |
| -TLS | Select the version of Transport Layer Security to use when establishing secure connections. |
| -ITE | Ignore any errors in the certificate and central authority validation. Connection is still secure, however validation is skipped. Alternate name: IGNORETLSERRORS |
| -HELO | Uses a custom greeting text for SMTP server. |
| -HEADER | Add custom tags to the email header. |
| -NOXMAILER | Remove X-Mailer header from the email. |
| -NOID | Remove the Message-ID header. |
| -MIME | Use MIME encoding. |
| -HTML | Specifies that the email body is HTML. |
| -HTMLFILE | Specify HTML file as an email message. Automatically embeds images. |
| -TESTHTML | Send a test HTML message. |
| -CHARSET | Text encoding of the email message. |
| -PRIORITY | Priority of the email. |
| -COMMENT | Comment of the email. |
| -ORGANIZATION -ORG |
Organization field of the email. |
| -PRECEDENCE | Precedence of mass email. |
| -CONFIRM -RC |
Request Recipient to send a reading confirmation. |
| -DIAL | Auto-connect to the Internet using dial-up modem. |
| -IP | Bind an IP address. |
| -TIMEOUT | Set the connection timeout. |
| -WAITBEFORE | Adds a delay before the mail sending. |
| -WAITAFTER | Adds a delay after the mail is sent. |
| -HIDE | Hides console window immediately. |
| -QUIET -Q |
Suppress screen output. |
| -DEBUG -D |
Shows internal variables and mail server responses. |
| -DEBUGX -DX |
Shows comprehensive information on a communication session between the Command Line Email client and SMTP server. |
| -SAVEEML | Save a composed message to an .eml file instead of sending it. |
| -OPENEML | Send a message using an .eml file. |
| -LOG | Log email sending events. |
| -LOGSUCCESS -LS |
Log only the successfully sent email history. |
| -LOGFAILURE -LF |
Log only the failed email sending attempts. |
| -RESULT -POPUP |
Displays result in a message window. |
| -BUY -ORDER |
Opens an ordering page. |
| -HOME -HOMEPAGE |
Opens the home page. |
| -DOUPDATE -LU |
Force check for updates. |
| -DONTUPDATE -DLU |
Suppress the update check. |
| -REGISTER -R -REGNAME |
Register Command Line Email from the console. |
| -ONLINEHELP -OH -?? |
Opens this online help. |
| -HELP -H -? |
Displays a help screen in the DOS console. |
Summary
Some commands are mandatory. For example, it is not possible to send an email without a recipient, and without specifying a From address. The last thing required to send an email is an outgoing email server (by default the localhost 127.0.0.1 is used). View simple a example:
febootimail -FROM joe@example.com -TO lucas@example.net -TEXT "Email message using Febooti Command Line Email. It is easy!"In most cases you need to specify an outgoing mail server address using -SMTP or -SERVER argument. If your server requires authentication, use -AUTH, -USER and -PASS arguments to specify the authentication method, username and password, respectively.
febootimail -FROM joe@example.com -TO lucas@example.net -TEXT "Email which uses SMTP and AUTH methods to send mail from Windows command prompt!" -SMTP server.example.com -USERNAME Joe -PASSWORD ******** -AUTH AUTOCommand Line Email
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