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.TH FASTMAIL 1L
.ad b
.SH NAME
fastmail - quick batch mail interface to a single address
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fastmail
[-b bcc-list] [-c cc-list] [-d] [-f fromname] [-r replyto] 
[-s subject] filename address-list
.br
.SH HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
.TP 10
Level:
HP-UX/CONTRIBUTED
.TP
Origin:
Hewlett-Packard
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Fastmail
is a low-level interface to the mail system that allows batch
processing of mail.  It's intended for mailing to very large
groups of people in a staggered fashion. 
.PP
The starting options are;
.TP 1.0i
.B "-b bcc-list"
This allows a list of people to receive blind-carbon copies, or BCCs, of
the message.  This list should be full email addresses.
.TP
.B "-c cc-list"
This allows a list of people to receive carbon copies, or CCs, of
the message.  This list should be full email addresses.
.TP
.B "-d"
Debug.  This is helpful for strange, unfriendly errors from
the program (etc).
.TP
.B "-f from"
This overrides the users name in the From: line, so that if
the user was x@y, and their name was MrX then the default 
From: line would be "From: x@y (MrX)".  Using "-f Joe" when
invoking this, though, would change it to "From: x@y (Joe)"
.TP
.B "-r replyto"
Occasionally, you might send mail but want the replies to go
to a different address (very common with mailing lists).  
There is a header for this purpose called "Reply-To:" which
can be utilized by using this starting option.  For example,
we could send mail with a reply-to to list-request by
using "-r list-request".  The header generated would then
be of the form "Reply-To: list-request".
.TP
.B "-s subject"
The subject of the message is specified by using 
this starting option.
.SH EXAMPLE
Let's say we're user "big" on machine "big-vax" and we have a
shell script called 'batch-mail' that contains the following
lines:
.nf

   #
   # Batch Mail - batch mailing of a file to a LOT of users
   #  
   # Usage: batch-mail "from" "subject" filename

   sender_copy = $LOGIN
   replto = "The-Mr-Big-list"

   fastmail -b $sender_copy -r $replyto -f "$1" -s "$2" $3 person1
   sleep 10
   fastmail -r $replyto -f "$1" -s "$2" $3 person2
   sleep 10
   fastmail -r $replyto -f "$1" -s "$2" $3 person3
   sleep 10
   fastmail -r $replyto -f "$1" -s "$2" $3 person4

   < etc >

with the invocation:

   batch-mail "Mr. Big" "Warning to all" warning.text

.fi
would mail a copy of the 'warning.text' file to person1, person2, 
person3, etc.  "$LOGIN" will also receive a copy of the first message
in the mail, \fIsilently\fR.  Each resultant message will include the headers:
.nf

    From: big-vax!big (Mr. Big)
    Subject: Warning to all
    Reply-To: The-Mr-Big-list

.fi
This program should turn out to be considerably
faster than the alternative methods of accomplishing this task.
.SH FILES
/usr/lib/sendmail       sendmail transport if available
.br
/bin/rmail              transport if no sendmail
.br
/tmp/fastmail.$$        temporary file 
.SH AUTHOR
Dave Taylor, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
.SH SEE\ ALSO
sendmail(1), rmail(1), elm(1L)