Blat v2.2.1 (build : Oct 10 2003 13:24:46)
Win32 console utility to send mail via SMTP or post to usenet via NNTP
by P.Mendes,M.Neal,G.Vollant,T.Charron,T.Musson,H.Pesonen,A.Donchey,C.Hyde
http://www.blat.net
syntax:
Blat <filename> -to <recipient> [optional switches (see below)]
Blat -install <server addr> <sender's addr> [<try>[<port>[<profile>]]] [-q]
Blat -profile [-delete | "<default>"] [profile1] [profileN] [-q]
Blat -h
-------------------------------- Installation ---------------------------------
-install[SMTP|NNTP] <server addr> <sender's email addr> [<try n times> [<port>
[<profile> [<username> [<password>]]]]]
: set server, sender, number of tries and port for profile
(<try n times> and <port> may be replaced by '-')
port defaults are SMTP=25, NNTP=119
default profile can be specified with a '-'
username and/or password may be stored to the registry
order of options is specific
use -installNNTP for storing NNTP information
--------------------------------- The Basics ----------------------------------
<filename> : file with the message body ('-' for console input, ^Z ends)
-of <filename> : text file containing more options (also -optionfile)
-to <recipient> : recipient list (also -t) (comma separated)
-tf <recipient> : recipient list filename
-cc <recipient> : carbon copy recipient list (also -c) (comma separated)
-cf <file> : cc recipient list filename
-bcc <recipient>: blind carbon copy recipient list (also -b)
(comma separated)
-bf <file> : bcc recipient list filename
-maxNames <x> : send to groups of <x> number of recipients
-subject <subj> : subject line, surround with quotes to include spaces(also -s)
-ss : suppress subject line if not defined
-sf <file> : file containing subject line
-body <text> : message body, surround with quotes to include spaces
-sig <filename> : text file containing your email signature
-tag <filename> : text file containing taglines, to be randomly chosen
-ps <filename> : final message text, possibly for unsubscribe instructions
----------------------------- Registry overrides ------------------------------
-p <profile> : send with server, user, and port defined in <profile>
: use username and password if defined in <profile>
-profile : list all profiles in the Registry
-server <addr> : specify SMTP server to be used (optionally, addr:port)
-serverSMTP <addr>
: same as -server
-serverNNTP <addr>
: specify NNTP server to be used (optionally, addr:port)
-f <sender> : override the default sender address (must be known to server)
-i <addr> : a 'From:' address, not necessarily known to the server
-port <port> : port to be used on the SMTP server, defaults to SMTP (25)
-portSMTP <port>: same as -port
-portNNTP <port>: port to be used on the NNTP server, defaults to NNTP (119)
-u <username> : username for AUTH LOGIN (use with -pw)
-pw <password> : password for AUTH LOGIN (use with -u)
---------------------- Miscellaneous RFC header switches ----------------------
-organization <organization>
: Organization field (also -o and -org)
-ua : include User-Agent header line instead of X-Mailer
-x <X-Header: detail>
: custom 'X-' header. eg: -x "X-INFO: Blat is Great!"
-noh : prevent X-Mailer/User-Agent header from showing Blat homepage
-noh2 : prevent X-Mailer header entirely
-d : request disposition notification
-r : request return receipt
-charset <cs> : user defined charset. The default is ISO-8859-1
-a1 <header> : add custom header line at the end of the regular headers
-a2 <header> : same as -a1, for a second custom header line
-dsn <nsfd> : use Delivery Status Notifications (RFC 3461)
: n = never, s = successful, f = failure, d = delayed
: can be used together, however N takes precedence
-hdrencb : use base64 for encoding headers, if necessary
-hdrencq : use quoted-printable for encoding headers, if necessary
-priority <pr> : set message priority 0 for low, 1 for high
----------------------- Attachment and encoding options -----------------------
-attach <file> : attach binary file(s) to message (comma separated)
-attacht <file> : attach text file(s) to message (comma separated)
-embed <file> : embed file(s) in HTML. Object tag in HTML must specify
content-id using cid: tag. eg: <img src="cid:image.jpg">
-base64 : send binary files using base64 (binary MIME)
-uuencode : send binary files UUEncoded
-enriched : send an enriched text message (Content-Type=text/enriched)
-html : send an HTML message (Content-Type=text/html)
-alttex <text> : plain text for use as alternate text
-alttextf <file>: plain text file for use as alternate text
-mime : MIME Quoted-Printable Content-Transfer-Encoding
-8bitmime : ask for 8bit data support when sending MIME
-multipart <size>
: send multipart messages, breaking attachments on <size>
KB boundaries, where <size> is per 1000 bytes
---------------------------- NNTP specific options ----------------------------
-groups <usenet groups>
: list of newsgroups (comma separated)
-------------------------------- Other options --------------------------------
-h : displays this help (also /h, -?, /?)
-q : suppresses *all* output
-debug : echoes server communications to screen
-log <filename> : log everything but usage to <filename>
-timestamp : when -log is used, a timestamp is added to each log line
-ti <n> : set timeout to 'n' seconds. Blat will wait 'n' seconds for
server responses
-try <n times> : how many times blat should try to send (1 to 'INFINITE')
-binary : do not convert ASCII | (pipe, 0x7c) to CrLf in the message
body
-hostname <hst> : select the hostname used to send the message via SMTP
this is typically your local machine name
-raw : do not add CR/LF after headers
-delay <x> : wait x seconds between messages being sent when used with
-maxnames or -multipart
-comment <char> : use this character to mark the start of commments in
options files and recipient list files
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Note that if the '-i' option is used, <sender> is included in 'Reply-to:'
and 'Sender:' fields in the header of the message.
Optionally, the following options can be used instead of the -f and -i
options:
-mailfrom <addr> The RFC 821 MAIL From: statement
-from <addr> The RFC 822 From: statement
-replyto <addr> The RFC 822 Reply-To: statement
-returnpath <addr> The RFC 822 Return-Path: statement
-sender <addr> The RFC 822 Sender: statement
For backward consistency, the -f and -i options have precedence over these
RFC 822 defined options. If both -f and -i options are omitted then the
RFC 821 MAIL FROM statement will be defaulted to use the installation-defined
default sender address.