OLEXP: How to Send Outlook Express Mail from a Command Line

MORE INFORMATION

To create a preformatted and preaddressed e-mail message, use the following command line where the following variable definitions apply:

   Variable      Field entry
   -------------------------------------------------------
   <to e-mail>   e-mail address to appear in the To field
   <cc mail>     e-mail address to appear in the CC field
   <bcc mail>    e-mail address to appear in the BCC field
   <subject>     text to appear in the Subject field
   <body text>   text to appear in the body of the message
				

Note the position of the question mark and ampersands in the command-line syntax.

Special Formatting

You must use ASCII hexadecimal equivalents as variables for punctuation characters. The following variables are used to represent commonly used characters:

   Punctuation             Hexadecimal equivalent
   ----------------------------------------------
   Space ( )               %20
   Comma (,)               %2C
   Question mark (?)       %3F
   Period (.)              %2E
   Exclamation point (!)   %21
   Colon (:)               %3A
   Semicolon (;)           %3B
   Line feed               %0A
   Line break (ENTER key)  %0D
				

For example, the command line yields the following message:

Uses of the Command-Line String

You can use this command-line string:

• In the Open dialog box when you click Start, and then click Run.
• In a properties of a desktop shortcut.
• In the Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or 4.01 Address box.
• In the body of an Outlook Express e-mail message.
• In the HTML code of a Web page.