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Send mail from the command line
Published August 1, 2007 | 
Ever need to send a one-line email from a DOS/CMD batch file? If your PC or Server has .Net 2 installed you can use this application.
It’s straightforward. Place the cmdSendmail.exe in your path or working directory and then type something like this at the command line:-
cmdSendMail you@emailtest.com~you@somewherelse.com~The Subject~The main text of the message~you@somewherelse.com~pass123~mail.somewherelse.com
Usage
cmdSemdMail {command string delimited by tilde}
To send an email create a single string with all the paramters of your message. Use the tilde (~) to delimit the paramters of your email.
Two ways to call a URL from a batch
Published August 1, 2007 | Sometimes it’s useful to extract a web page to a file from a Windows batch.
For example I have a batch file that downloads financial figures every day, processes them and updates a database.
vbcurl http://myfinancialfigures.com/something.php >mydatafile.htm
If you don’t have a copy of Opera handy use a statement like the following to read the source from a page that blocks right click:-
vbcurl http://annoyingwebsitesthat.com/blockrightclicks.php >secret_source.htm