#26057 - 2002-07-29 07:33 PM
Blat experts
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WeakLink
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Posts: 37
Loc: San Diego
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Hi All, I promised I'd be back!!!!
I am trying to send mail using blat, and I keep receiving the error: Failed to open registry key for Blat profile , using default. -to does not exist.
Here are all the variations I have tried:
$EmailAdd=email@@server.com
$mailserver=server.sd.server.com (fully qualified mailserver name)
shell 'cmd /c c:\temp\blat\blat.exe -to $EmailAdd -server $mailserver -subject "test from kix"'
$EmailAdd=email@@server.com
$mailserver=server.sd.server.com (fully qualified SMTPserver name)
shell 'cmd /c c:\temp\blat\blat.exe -to $EmailAdd -server $mailserver -subject "test from kix"'
shell 'cmd /c c:\temp\blat\blat.exe -to ccannon@@server.com -server xxx.xx.xx.xxx (SMTPserver) -subject "test from kix"
shell 'cmd /c c:\temp\blat\blat.exe -to $ccannon@@server.com -server $SMTPserver -subject "test from kix"'
shell 'cmd /c c:\temp\blat\blat.exe -to ccannon+"chr(64)"+server.com -server $SMTPserver -subject "test from kix"'
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#26058 - 2002-07-29 08:57 PM
Re: Blat experts
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gwgaston
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Registered: 2002-02-06
Posts: 13
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First arg to blat must be the name of a file to mail as the message body, or a hyphen (-) if you are using stdin or the -body switch. Blat is looking for a file named -to as you didn't follow the rules. ![[Smile]](images/icons/smile.gif)
Try something like:
c:\temp\blat\blat.exe - -to $EmailAdd -server $mailserver -subject "test from kix" -body "YAT" -f me@@here.com -q
Supplying a sender address (-f), along with the server address (which you have provided), is required if you don't create a default profile for blat to use i.e. with the -install switch. Even then, you will get the warning: "Failed to open registry key for Blat profile , using default.". Since you are supplying it all on the command line you can: ignore it, "install" blat, or use the -q to supress this and other messages.
Gerald W. Gaston
[ 29 July 2002, 21:41: Message edited by: gwgaston ]
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#26059 - 2002-07-29 09:29 PM
Re: Blat experts
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Kdyer
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Registered: 2001-01-03
Posts: 6241
Loc: Tigard, OR
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Digging into this..
You will need to have a text file to send..
If you do the following, it should work fine:
code:
break on cls
$EmailAdd="user@@domain.com"
$mailserver="smtp.domain.com"
$Blatexe="C:\Batch\blat.exe"
shell '%COMSPEC% /c $Blatexe "byname.txt" -s "What are we testing" -t $EmailAdd -f $EmailAdd -server $mailserver'
get $k
Even though we see:
quote:
Failed to open registry key for Blat profile , using default.
Failed to open registry key for Blat
Sending byname.txt to user@domain.com
Subject:What are we testing
Login name is user@domain.com
HTH,
Kent
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#26060 - 2002-07-29 10:11 PM
Re: Blat experts
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WeakLink
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Registered: 2002-03-06
Posts: 37
Loc: San Diego
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Kent,
Okay so the trick is to attach a dummy file huh?? Thanks for that info and your help.
So if the blat location is the netlogon folder, I would change the
$Blatexe="C:\blat\blat.exe" to
$Blatexe="@scriptdir\netlogon\blat\blat.exe"
correct?
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#26061 - 2002-07-29 10:18 PM
Re: Blat experts
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Kdyer
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Registered: 2001-01-03
Posts: 6241
Loc: Tigard, OR
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Yes that is correct.. What it does is use that text file for the body of the message..
HTH,
Kent
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#26062 - 2002-07-29 10:21 PM
Re: Blat experts
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gwgaston
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As previously mentioned, just use the -body switch. No need for a "dummy" file.
-Gerald
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#26063 - 2002-07-29 10:32 PM
Re: Blat experts
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Kdyer
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Registered: 2001-01-03
Posts: 6241
Loc: Tigard, OR
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Tried that though and it seemed to fail.
I did see the -body option there.
I have tried it in various positions of the line with the same result.
I am running v1.8.9..
Thanks,
Kent
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#26064 - 2002-07-29 10:33 PM
Re: Blat experts
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WeakLink
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Registered: 2002-03-06
Posts: 37
Loc: San Diego
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Yup Gerald, that worked. Thanks guys for your help, and I'll be back soon!!!!
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#26065 - 2002-07-29 10:37 PM
Re: Blat experts
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Kdyer
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Registered: 2001-01-03
Posts: 6241
Loc: Tigard, OR
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OK..
Tried it again and does work..
Thanks!
Kent
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#26066 - 2002-07-29 10:44 PM
Re: Blat experts
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gwgaston
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Registered: 2002-02-06
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The -body switch has been in since 1.8.4d (working correctly since 1.8.5b or so ).
When you say it fails... Does it just spit out the usage info like a syntax error would?
blat - -t fred@bedrock.com -s YAT -body TEST
-Gerald
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#26067 - 2002-07-29 10:45 PM
Re: Blat experts
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Kdyer
KiX Supporter
Registered: 2001-01-03
Posts: 6241
Loc: Tigard, OR
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No.. I figured it out..
My bad..
It seems pretty particular about order of the switches.
Kent
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