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blat · Discussion of BLAT. Blat is a command line email tool (sending mail via smtp), written for Windows.

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I have got blat to work in it's simplest format. I have placed a file called form.pl on the server in the cgi-bin which says that it takes the data from the...
8 Jun 6, 2002
12:13 pm

Tim Musson
mussont
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blat-ers, Out of curiosity, Why would one run Perl to call Blat? It is just as easy to have Perl send the message (unless you are attaching a file - other than...
1 Jun 5, 2002
7:31 pm

Tim Musson
mussont
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I'm using v1.9.4 on w2k. I've used blat in the past providing the msg body as a file without a hitch. However, I noted the following in the command line...
3 Jun 5, 2002
2:45 pm

SPTBG-BLAT
gwgaston
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What is the easiest way to find out if Blat succeeded or failed to send a message? Viewing/parsing the log file isn't reliable as the messages are...
2 Jun 5, 2002
4:00 am

toby_korn
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Is it possible to send a Unicode log file as a PLAIN ASCII TEXT in blat?...
5 Jun 4, 2002
6:46 am

Romson Christer
chro1se
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How do I "install" the blat.dll on a Win95 system?...
1 Jun 1, 2002
12:40 am

GlennHammer
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Hi I have a BAT file that runs once a day, that sends an email to various users. Sometimes there is a problem with the email server or the internet connection....
13 May 31, 2002
9:38 pm

Marc Francois
MarcFrancois@...
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I create web sites in dreamweaver and ftp them up to a windows nt server. I want to put a form on the sites from which info will be sent to my clients email...
8 May 31, 2002
5:09 pm

Jeremy McKay
jeremymckay
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Hi, is there a way to send HTML and PLAINTEXT like in OUTLOOK so that the E-Mailprogs without HTML-compatibility is able to read the TEXT version and others...
6 May 27, 2002
7:06 am

Romson Christer
chro1se
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... I don't know if it counts as a trick, but you include the characters in the input file and call blat with the -mime switch. Christer...
1 May 27, 2002
7:01 am

Romson Christer
chro1se
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I will be out of the office from 07/26/2001 until 07/31/2001. I will respond to your message when I return....
3 May 25, 2002
7:24 am

whannum@...
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... when I call Blat from PERL I use the following: $BLAT $BODY -noh -s \"$Subject&#92;" -f $MailFrom -to $MailTO -replyto $ReplyTO -server $SMTP -debug The -f...
2 May 24, 2002
2:01 pm

Florent Gilain
fgilain
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I wrote earlier, and nobody responded. Hopefully this is because it wasn't seen. I have been having trouble using Blat when logged into AOL. It doesn't...
3 May 23, 2002
2:02 pm

Joel Limardo
twofar2bgone
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Hi, I am trying to configure the mailer in BLAT. In Sendmail, I can configure the sendmail.cfg file. Where can I do that in BLAT? Thanks, Simon....
5 May 22, 2002
12:57 pm

Florent Gilain
fgilain
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I recently started using Blat running on my W2K Server at work. MY co-worker who is the Unix Sys Admin is looking for the Blat equivalent for Sun Solaris....
3 May 18, 2002
8:59 pm

Jeremy McKay
jeremymckay
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For a change, my CGI-exe invokes Blat from the genuine Windows command line. It works extremely well, many thanks to the authors. I am a bit worried though...
1 May 17, 2002
7:17 am

Jan de Lint
jg.de.lint@...
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Hello, I'm wondering if anybody has used Blat to send mail under Mutt for Windows, either the Cygwin version or the "regular" version. Is it feasible even?...
1 May 16, 2002
1:04 pm

John K.
johnkqfg
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Hi, I have been successfully using BLAT as a method to send a student ID to new students who register at my website for three years. First it was with Perl...
2 May 13, 2002
7:48 am

Romson Christer
chro1se
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Does anyone know how to get BLAT to work with AOL. They evidently changed something within the last few months. My Dad used to be able to send me some files,...
1 May 5, 2002
5:26 pm

ddimcdissenter
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Hi, I need to send a message with a format different than SMTP, I need to send a message to a SMTP server with the format of a FAX server that is installed on...
7 May 3, 2002
11:30 pm

johnpwest3
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Why did Blat worked in my script using this path C:\\blat\\blat.exe? When I used C:\blat&#92;blat.exe it did not worked... Any ideas? thanks gabi....
2 May 3, 2002
12:18 am

Jeremy McKay
jeremymckay
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Maybe this will help you: http://www.geocities.com/toby_korn/blat/blat_return_codes.htm Michael -- ... cenit AG Systemhaus Michael Leithold Anwendungsberater ...
1 May 2, 2002
7:12 am

m.leithold@...
cenit_leithold
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Can someone please help me with this error message in the browser? Blat sending message result = -1 : My pl script: #!"C:/Perl/bin/perl.exe" ##################...
1 May 1, 2002
9:43 pm

gabster_ro
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hello everyone.. when I type blat -t at the command line, I get a program error pop-up saying that "blat.exe has generated errors and will be closed down by ...
1 May 1, 2002
7:02 pm

gabster_ro
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I am having a hard time trying to find a mailing list that works with blat. My site is hosted on HostOnce and they haven't been much of a help. I have played...
2 Apr 29, 2002
4:39 am

gep2@...
gep_2
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Hi everyone, I am a complete newbie at this blat thing, so I was hoping someone might explain it step by step. I'm trying to convert an auction script that I...
5 Apr 28, 2002
2:01 am

Jeremy McKay
jeremymckay
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Hi list, I use blat to send many, many emails, calling it from VBA under Access. I always use the option where the body is read from a file on disk. Once in a...
1 Apr 22, 2002
9:35 am

Steven Lowette
slowette@...
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I installed the BLAT in the same box as SMTP server in windowsNT server. My installing script was, BLAT <hostName.DNSName> <a dummy email addr / an existing...
3 Apr 17, 2002
10:14 pm

Jeremy McKay
jeremymckay
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1 Apr 17, 2002
9:59 am

pos9djs
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Hi I installed BLAT in the email server. My installing script was, BLAT -install ServerHostName.DNSName RelpyMe@DNSName 3 It was failed and an error msg on log...
1 Apr 17, 2002
7:58 am

lilywang_14744
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