Re: Yahoo Groups: Welcome to blat. Visit today!

Hi Chip,

Thanks for the explanation on how to have the jpg image in the body of the
email instead of an attachment.

Below is a simple short batch file that runs my small project:

*blat -install 127.0.0.1:25 <http://127.0.0.1:25/> [email protected]
<[email protected]> 1 - - iitikarai yck94nact*
*rsamalert_man*
*rem blat rsam_alert_man.txt -attach man1minrsam.jpg -s "MAN RSAM ALERT"
-log log.txt -to [email protected] <[email protected]>*
*blat rsam_alert_man.txt -attach man1minrsam.jpg -html <img
src="cid:man1minrsam.jpg"> -s "MAN RSAM ALERT" -log log.txt -debug
-to [email protected] <[email protected]>*
*del rsam_alert_man.txt*

Line 2 (rsamalert_man) is a program that processes input data and produces;

- *rsam_alert_man.txt*
*- **man1minrsam.jpg*

I added the -html line in Line 4 and it is not passing the test. It gives
the message, "The system cannot find the file specified". The jpg file is
in the folder where the batch file runs. I suspect its not passing the test
because the syntax for the -html is not correct. Would you be able to help
again on this.

Thank you.

Ima.

On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Chip <[email protected]> wrote:

> Two of your emails came through with attachments, two did not.  If you
> want to have images within the message, the only way I know is to use HTML
> for your message, with a line like this in your HTML:
>
>     <img src="cid:man1minrsam.jpg">
>
> The cid: tag tells the HTML viewer that the image should be part of the
> email using the name that follows.  When using cid: tags, do not include
> path names, use _only_ the filename.
>
> If you do use the above cid: syntax, you can them specify –embed on the
> Blat command line, which may or may not include a full path to the image
> file you want embedded into the HTML email.  The name used with cid: must
> be the filename of your image file because Blat will use that filename in
> the message content it builds.
>
> Here is a line from a sample html that I use for testing Blat:
>
>     <p><img src="cid:embeddedImage1.jpg">&nbsp;Test for embedded image</p>
>
>
> Chip
>
>
> *From:* Ima Itikarai <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 30, 2017 3:35 PM
> *To:* Chip <[email protected]>
> *Cc:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: Yahoo Groups: Welcome to blat. Visit today!
>
> Hi Chip,
>
> Thank you very much. It did work. The attachment was sent and I was able
> to open it. Wonderful!!
>
> I also learnt from the documentation that the image can become part of the
> email message. Could you provide an example for this.
>
> I have run an example of what I am doing and included you as a recipient
> for your information.
>
> Thank you
>
> Ima.
>
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 4:50 AM, Chip <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thank you for the welcome.
>
> I am a new user of BLAT (v3.2.10, 32 bit) having used it for the past week
> only. I learnt about BLAT from some professional friends.
>
> I have been using it to send test text alert messages and so far it has
> worked fine. The next phase of the exercise is to send jpg file(s) of
> plotted data images to accompany the text messages but I have not had any
> success so far. I have used the following command line and it has executed
> with no error messages:
>
> blat ula1minrsam.jpg -s "ULA RSAM ALERT" -to [email protected] -cc
> [email protected]
>
> The jpg file has been sent as an attachment but the attached file seems to
> be empty because it cannot load and picture.
>
> Today I learnt by reading BLAT doc that -embed can be used to send jpg
> files. Would it be possible provide an example of a command syntax for
> this purpose.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Ima Itikarai
>
> Ima,
>
> Here is an example:
>
> blat someTextFile.txt -attach ula1minrsam.jpg -s "ULA RSAM ALERT" -to
> [email protected] -cc [email protected]
>
> The -attach option is what you need for the image file.  The
> someTextFile.txt could be any text file that has something meaningful about
> why the email is being sent.
>
> Chip
>
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