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- SEND
-
- Sends a message to another user(s). Use the SEND command and the MAIL command
- interchangeably because they work the same way.
-
- See also <MAIL>
-
- MAIL prompts you first for the name of the user(s) to receive the message. You
- reply with the user name(s) or with the file name of a distribution list
- file(s), in the following format:
-
- [[nodename::]username,...] [,] [@listname[,...]]
-
- If you have entered the SET CC_PROMPT command or used the /CC_PROMPT qualifier,
- you can then specify names of users to receive carbon copies of the message at
- the CC: prompt.
-
- Next, MAIL prompts you for the subject of the mail. To avoid the "Subj:" prompt,
- specify the /SUBJECT qualifier with the SEND command.
-
- You can include a file specification with the SEND command. If you specify a
- file with the SEND command, the text in that file is sent to the specified
- user(s). If you do not specify a file, MAIL prompts you for the text of your
- message.
-
- Enter the message that you want to send; then press [CTRL/Z].
-
- Note that once you have typed a line and pressed RETURN, there is no way to edit
- it. If you decide not to send a message you are typing but want to stay within
- the Mail Utility, press [CTRL/C] to abort the message. You then receive the
- MAIL> prompt. CTRL/Z exits you from MAIL.
-
- Format: SEND [file-spec]
-
- Parameters: file-spec
-
- Indicates the name of the file to be sent.
-
- Qualifiers: /CC_PROMPT
-
- /[NO]CC_PROMPT
-
- Prompts for the carbon copy (CC:) recipient names. Overrides
- the SET CC_PROMPT command for this message only.
-
- /EDIT
-
- /[NO]EDIT
-
- Determines whether or not the editor is invoked to edit the
- message you are sending. The /NOEDIT qualifier overrides the
- SEND/EDIT default if you entered the DCL command MAIL/EDIT.
-
- The /LAST qualifier can be used in conjunction with the /EDIT
- qualifier. This allows you to bring the last message you sent
- into the editor to modify and send again.
-
- /LAST
-
- Specifies that the last message you sent be used as the text for
- the message you are currently sending.
-
- The /EDIT qualifier can be used in conjunction with the /LAST
- qualifier. This allows you to edit the last message you sent.
-
- /PERSONAL_NAME
-
- /[NO]PERSONAL_NAME=name
-
- Specifies the personal name to be used when sending this
- message only. The /[NO]PERSONAL_NAME qualifier sends a reply
- with a blank personal name field.
-
- /SELF
-
- /[NO]SELF
-
- Determines whether or not MAIL sends a copy of the message you
- are sending back to yourself. The /NOSELF qualifier overrides
- the SET COPY_SELF SEND command.
-
- /SUBJECT
-
- /SUBJECT="subject-text"
-
- Specifies the subject of the mail message to be sent.
-
- Examples:
-
- 1.
- MAIL> SEND/LAST
- To: FLIGHT::MYERS
- Subj: Geometric Concepts
- MAIL>
-
- This example shows how to send a copy of the last mail
- message you sent to a user named Myers on node FLIGHT.
-
- 2.
- MAIL> SEND/SELF/SUBJECT="Good Harbor"
- To: DAPPER::WAYNE
- Enter your message below. Press CTRL/Z when complete,
- or CTRL/C to quit:
-
- This example shows how to send a mail message to a user
- named WAYNE on node DAPPER. The /SELF qualifier enables
- MAIL to send a copy of the same message back to you. The
- subject of the message is Good Harbor. Since the /SUBJECT
- qualifier was specified, there is no Subject: heading.
-
- 3.
- MAIL> SEND
- To: BAKER,MARSTON,@SUPERVISORS
- Subject: Handling Stress
- Enter your message below. Press CTRL/Z when complete,
- or CTRL/C to quit:
-
- This example shows how to send a mail message to two users
- (BAKER and MARSTON) and a distribution list (SUPERVISORS).