Re: Blat is not sending

> Hello,
>
> trying this command
>
> blat -body “Test Mail” -to [email protected] –s “Test” –server 
> email3.xxx.yyy.com –f [email protected]
>
> gives this error
>
> Blat v3.1.2 (build : Dec 27 2013 14:33:12)
> 32-bit Windows, Full Unicode
>
> Blat saw and processed these options, and was confused by the last one…
> Do not understand argument: Windows console utility  ….
>
> The same command on another machine works. It is really the same command. 
> I used copy/paste …
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Best Regards,
> Michael Werner
> Team Leader IT-Consulting
> proALPHA Software Corporation
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The commands listed above all look good, except that the supposed hyphen 
with the latter three options, and the quotation marks are not right. 
Notice the hyphen before "-body" and "-to" is different than the hyphens for 
your other three options.  Make sure to use a correct DOS-type hyphen with 
your command line.  Likewise, make sure the double quotes are DOS-type 
quotes and not like what you have above.  One problem with using Word (or 
its derivations) is that Word likes to make things look pretty by changing 
the characters you visually see.  Notepad can be one of your best friends to 
find out if the command prompt uses actual ASCII characters or if you're 
about to try using Unicode characters.

The command line from above should be like this:

blat -body "Test Mail" -to [email protected] -s "Test" -server 
email3.xxx.yyy.com -f [email protected]

Chip