sendmail: Send Emails
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View source: R/sendmail.R

sendmail

R Documentation

Send Emails

Description

Send emails via command line tools.

Usage

sendmail(subject, body, body.file = NULL, to = NULL, from,
         cc = NULL, bcc = NULL, replyto = NULL,
         server, port, user, password,
         attach = NULL, signature = NULL, signature.file = NULL,
         headers = NULL, wait = TRUE, logfile = NULL,
         encoding = "unknown", method = NULL,
         display.only = FALSE, html = FALSE, tls = NULL,
         SendUsingAccount)

Arguments

`subject`	character
`body`	character. When of length > 1, then all elements are pasted together, separated by newline characters
`body.file`	character. If specified, `body` is ignored.
`to`	character
`from`	character
`cc`	character
`bcc`	character
`replyto`	character
`server`	character
`port`	character (an integer will automatically be coerced). Typically 587.
`user`	character
`password`	character
`attach`	character
`signature`	character
`signature.file`	character. Name of file.
`headers`	a character vector of header lines (i.e. for more than one header use `c(....)`)
`wait`	logical
`logfile`	character
`encoding`	character
`method`	the programme to be called. Supported are sendemail, blat and outlook. Method outlook is supported only on Windows, where it also requires PowerShell.
`display.only`	logical: if `TRUE`, only display message, but do not send. Works only for method `outlook`.
`html`	logical: send as HTML? For method `sendemail`, if the message body begins with `<html>`, it is considered HTML.
`tls`	`NULL` or length-one logical: use TLS? Only used for method `sendemail`. If `NULL`, `sendemail`'s default settings are used.
`SendUsingAccount`	a character string: an email address. only supported for method ‘`outlook`’.

Details

The function provides a wrapper for different tools that send emails. In this way, the same R code that can be used across platforms, provided a suitable backend is installed.

The function constructs an invocation of a command-line utility, specified by method, and then calls the specified method via system. Currently supported are sendemail, Blat and Outlook (see References).

Value

the return value of system

Author(s)

Enrico Schumann

References

http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/ https://www.blat.net/

RFC 2822: Internet Message Format. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822

Examples

## Not run: 
body <- "
<p>Hello.</p>

  <p>Please do not send <b>spam</b></p>.
"

sendmail(subject  = "Greetings",
         body     = "Hello",
         to       = "testing@testing.org",
         method   = "outlook",
         html     = TRUE,
         display.only = TRUE)  ## only open mail in Outlook

## End(Not run)

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