The Mail Settings dialog box enables you to set properties for mailing a
Formatted Document.
The dialog box contains two sections:
The Mail Properties section enables you to set properties of a mail to be sent.
The section contains the following fields and controls:
- To: field: an e-mail address of a mail recipient.
- From: field: a name and/or e-mail address of a mail sender.
- Cc: field: an e-mail address(or addresses) of Carbon Copy recipient(s).
- Bcc: field: an e-mail address(or addresses) of Blind Carbon Copy recipient(s).
Recipients of Bcc-s will know who is the main recipient of the mail, and who is/are
recipient(s) of Cc-s, but they do not get informed who receives other Blind Carbon Copies.
- Subject: field: a subject of a mail.
- Insert Field button: all the above mentioned fields can contain data that is
submitted from the Form, that is, Form Field values and values of Hidden Variables. For
example, you can ask a page visitor to type an e-mail address of a mail recipient in the FormField1
named field. To insert the value of the FormField1 into the To: field, set
the cursor in this field and click the Insert Field button. The Form Field Selection dialog box is displayed,
enabling you to select the Form Field.
- Edit Text button: this button is used to edit text of a Formatted Document to be
sent by the mail. When you press the Edit Text button, the Document Composer dialog box is displayed, enabling
you to edit text of the Formatted Document.
The Mail Program Properties section enables you to set properties of a mail
program that will send a formatted document. The section contains the following fields:
- Mail Program Path: field: a path to your mail sender program. By default, this
field contains /usr/lib/sendmail, which is the path to sendmail program for most
UNIX servers.
- Command Line Parameters: field: depending on your mail sending program, the
command line parameters can be interpreted differently. This field enables you to define
sequence of command line parameters, using placeholders for denoting the To, From, Cc, Bcc
and Subject fields.