[REBOL] Re: Email object and send
From: carl:cybercraft at: 26-Feb-2003 21:20
On 26-Feb-03, Charles wrote:
> *scratches at his brain* Okay, I'm starting to go looney here.
> I've got my "REBOL For Dummies" out and I'm looking at the
> REBOL/Core Users Guide online .. and I'm still not getting it right.
> I want to do something like this:
> announce: make system/standard/email [
> From: {"Me" <[myself--myaddress--com]>}
> To: [[who--where]]
> Reply-To: [myself--myaddress--com]
> Subject: "Subject line"
> ]
> send/header announce/to "message" announce
> Problem is, my mail server keeps giving me errors like this: **
> User Error: Server error: tcp 501 <"Me" [myself--myaddress--com]>: "@"
> or "." expected after ""Me""
> ** Near: insert port reduce data
Hi Charles,
I tried your way above and it worked. But the following I found also
works...
From: "Me <[left--paradise--net--nz]>"
ie - no speechmarks around the "Me". Perhaps worth a try...
Carl.
> Other formats I've tried include:
> ["Me" [myself--myaddress--com]]
> ["Me" [myself--myaddress--com]]
> [{"Me" [myself--myaddress--com]}]
> etcetcetc
> Various combinations, and I keep getting @ or . expected.
> Examining the source for email messages I've sent and received
> using a regular email client show that To and From can be like From:
> Carl Sassenrath <[carl--s--rebol--com]>
> But I can't get it to work. "Me <[myself--myaddress--com]>" or ["Me
> <[myself--myaddress--com]>"] ... When I try this:
> From: {"Me <[myself--myaddress--com]>"}
> With or without the <>, I get: ** User Error: Server error: tcp
> 501 <"Me [myself--myaddress--com]">: sender address must contain a
> domain ** Near: insert port reduce data
> *sigh* Help :( I know, I could take out the "Me" part, but for
> what I'm working on, having a name in there would be decidedly
> useful. Appreciate the assistance.
> Oh, and I tried it without the optional name, and no, my mail
> server did not put the name in.
> --Charles
--
Carl Read
