There is no help available for the SETVARs.  The default help when you
give it no parameters only shows 3 possible SETVARS:

MAILSMTPHOST
MAILFROM
MAILSUBJECT

Otherwise I have no clue as to what other SETVARs are available.

Tracy Johnson
Measurement Specialties, Inc. 

BT







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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Powell, MMfab [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:04 PM
> To: Johnson, Tracy; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Using Old Telamon E-mail Idiosyncrasies
> 
> 
> Hmm.... I'm still happily using it. But I don't do prompting 
> in batch, or run it under MPEX, and I prefer implied run 
> anyway because the job listing looks a little cleaner.
> 
> By "only get 512 characters of string input in batch" are you 
> refering to MPE's limit on how many characters you can have 
> in "info"?  That could be a problem sometimes.  It helps to 
> use setvars for things like server name, subject, mail-from, etc.
> 
> The list of variables it can accept has grown with recent 
> enhancements, and there have been other improvements.  If you 
> have an old version it might help to update.  Current version 
> is A.02.25 from April.  I just downloaded but
> haven't tested yet.  Link is:   ftp://ftp.telamon.com/mpe_freeware/.
> 
> Example, there now seems to be a variable you can set for 
> (quoting from the on-line help) "MAILTO  -> to 
> (comma-separated for mult)", which might help your problem 
> with lots of addressees.  That didn't exist when I set up my 
> mail-sending routines.
> 
> 
> Dave Powell,    MMfab
> 
> 
> OT:  I'm curious about the 'NNNN' I see at the end of your 
> messages.  Haven't seen that anywhere else since the 80s, 
> with Western Union's Easylink (accessed on the HP3000 using 
> Telamon's old Network Engine, which puts this paragraph 
> partly back on topic).
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Johnson, Tracy" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 08:18
> Subject: [HP3000-L] Using Old Telamon E-mail Idiosyncrasies
> 
> 
> I'm looking for idiosyncrasies about running Telamon's old 
> e-mail engine in the ESP account (since there are no decent 
> instructions anywere.) Telamon doesn't have their website 
> anymore, it leads you to useless CalAmp products.
> 
> Some things I've already noticed:
> 
> You can't run it with the RUN command, "Implied" run is the 
> only way it works.
> 
> The prompting "-i" feature doesn't work in batch.
> 
> You only get 512 characters of string input in batch.  (So if 
> you have a lot of addressees, you must send the same e-mail 
> over again with a new list of addressees.)
> 
> It fails within MPEX in batch (maybe it has something to do 
> with input string ending a line with "&" and starting a new 
> line with "!".)  It seems to be required.
> 
> 
> Tracy Johnson
> Measurement Specialties, Inc.
> 
> BT
> 
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