Sending emails

Send emails using a command line utility that I have found on the net. See sendEmail-v152.zip in the file section on the Yahoo Group for more information. It is a pretty simple utility with no instructions other than the command line display (executed with no parameters). It is not very complicated unless you have no command line experience.

If you plan on using this feature, it is recommended that you copy the sendEmail.exe (contained in the sendEmail-v152.zip) to one of your system paths (such as C:\Windows\System32). Once sendEmail.exe is in the PATH, you can invoke it from a batch file (.CMD).

Here is the contents of a simple batch file that can be used to send an email as an action:

SendMyAlert.bat

sendemail -f myemail@myisp.com -t myemail@myisp.com -u "This is the subject" -m "This is a message body" -xu myispaccount -xp mypassword -s smtp.myispcom:25
 
 

You may also enter the action directly within WUHU rather than call a batch file. Be sure that you have double quotes around the entire argument list!

SendMyAlert2.bat

sendemail "-f myemail@myisp.com -t myemail@myisp.com -u "This is the subject" -m "This is a message body" -xu myispaccount -xp mypassword -s smtp.myispcom:25"
 
 
 

If using this method, make sure sendemail.exe is contained in a folder that is included in the current PATH environment variable. You may precede the executable with the entire path, in which case you do not need to have the program within a directory that is specified in the system PATH.

Consult your email application settings or ISP documentation for the required email parameters (smtp servers, etc.).

To see all of the command line options, run sendemail.exe from a console window (Start, Run, enter CMD in box, then click ok). Type sendemail and hit enter. This assumes you have already installed sendemail.exe in a directory that is part of the global PATH.