send multiple lines of text in body using -mail-

[Darjusch Tafreschi]

Dear Forum Users,

I am using a MAC: I just discovered the user-written command -mail- which only works on MAC as far as I understand.

The command allows to send lines of text extracted from a using file. I do manage to include the first text line of the using file to the body of the mail that is sent out - but I would like to include the first four lines actually. I.e. I am wondering if and how it is possible to include multiple lines of text in the mail body using -mail-.

My syntax looks as follows:
mail From: [email protected]; To: [email protected]; Subject: test;dear other using example.txt

where example.txt is a text file with 8 lines of text. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for your support.

Darjusch

[wbuchanan]

Where did you get the user-written command? Which version is it? What error message did you get? Can you provide an example of the text file so other users could test it as well?

[Darjusch Tafreschi]

I did install it from the ssc archieve (ssc install mail, version 0.2 23april2007), .
The textfile (example.txt) is attached.
I use the following command line:
mail From: [email protected]; To: [email protected]; Subject: subjectline;"dear user" using example.txt ,lines(50)

I do not get a error message. However, the email that is send looks as follows:

dear user
---file snippet below---
line1



....while I would expect to get...

dear user
---file snippet below---
line1

line3
line4
line5
line6
line7
line8