This chapter shows you how to run Voyager Email and lists its command-line options. Topics include:
To start Voyager Email, run the following command:
vmail & |
To send email, you need to configure Voyager Email with at least your:
To read articles in a newsgroup, you need to add a news server in the News Subscription dialog. For further details, see the Adding a news server task in the Voyager Email builtin help.
You can compose and send an email using Voyager Email's command-line options at the QNX prompt. Executing these commands brings up only the Mail Composition window; it doesn't execute the entire Voyager Email program. Here are the options to send email:
Option | Description |
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-b message body | Send email with the text specified in message body. |
-B bcc email address | Send blind copies of email to the recipient(s) specified in bcc email address. |
-Dp | Disable the splash screen |
-C cc email address | Send copies of email to the recipient(s) specified in cc email address. |
-P server path | Start and connect to the Voyager server specified in server path. The default server is voyager.server. |
-s server | Photon server node or device name. |
-S subject | Send email with subject. |
-T email address list | Send email to the recipient(s) specified in email address list. |
-U "mailto:email address?subject=subject" | Send email to the recipient specified in email address with subject. |
Run Voyager Email using a Photon server on node 4:
vmail -s 4
Or:
vmail -s//4/dev/photon
Send email to info@qnx.com:
vmail -T info@qnx.com
Send email to info@qnx.com with the subject QNX Info Request:
vmail -U "mailto:info@qnx.com?subject=QNX%20Info%20Request"