Sending Mail to All Users (mailall.exe)

Sending Mail to All Users (mailall.exe)

Mailall.exe is a command line utility that sends mail to all users on a particular host or on all hosts on the IMail Server system.

Basic Command Syntax
mailall -h hostname|ALL> -f sender -d [-s Subject] <FullPathToMessageFile> 


  
  
     Command Option
     Function
  
  
     -h hostname  or  -h ALL
     This is required. You can specify a host name or use the word ALL to specify all hosts on the IMail system.
  
  
     -f sender
     Specifies what address appears in the From: field. A value is required if you are using a text file that has no From: header line 
  
  
     -s subject
     This is an optional parameter that specifies the content of the Subject field.
  
  
     -d
     Optional. Use if you want the source file deleted when mailing is completed
  
  
     FullPathToMessageFile
     Required
  




 
Examples
mailall -h myhost -f admin@myhost -s "Admin note" C:\mailnotes.txt 
The above example sends the file mailnotes.txt to all users on myhost. The message is from admin@myhost; the Subject is Admin Note.
Alias1=|mailall -h myname -d  
The preceding example creates a program alias that is used to send mail to all users on the myname host. Then, you can send a message to Alias1@myname.com, and it will go to everyone on the myname host.

Command Option	Function
-h hostname or -h ALL	This is required. You can specify a host name or use the word ALL to specify all hosts on the IMail system.
-f sender	Specifies what address appears in the From: field. A value is required if you are using a text file that has no From: header line
-s subject	This is an optional parameter that specifies the content of the Subject field.
-d	Optional. Use if you want the source file deleted when mailing is completed
FullPathToMessageFile	Required

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