Mail sending problem

[kpeters]

Hi List ~

This works just fine:

>> send/subject  kai@domain.com {message body...} "Subject goes here"

This one doesn't - any ideas someone?

>>     header: make system/standard/email [
[            To: [kai@domain.com]
[            From: [karl@gmail.com]
[            Subject: "Message with a header"
[            Organization: "REBOL Alliance"
[        ]
>>     send/header kai@domain.com trim {
{            This is a longer message that also contains a
{            header.
{        } header
** User Error: ESMTP: Invalid command
** Near: insert smtp-port reduce [from reduce [addr] message]


TIA
Kai

[Gabriele]

From should not be a block. String or email should be ok.

[kpeters]

Thanks Gabriele - who would have figured....

the example for 'send here:

http://rebol.com/docs/words/wsend.html

uses a block and I am positive that a block has worked in an earlier script of mine running under a Linux executable...

Kai

[Gabriele]

Hmm, I think that the docs should be changed; it does not make much sense to allow From being a block, since it does not make much sense to have more than one address there. OTOH, SEND should probably catch this case and use the first address in the block; please add this to RAMBO.

[Graham]

From memory, the RFC does allow for more than one sender.

[Gabriele]

Graham, I will check on that (someone please make sure it's on RAMBO ), although I have never seen that used in practice.

[Graham]

http://www.lesnikowski.com/mail/Rfc/rfc2822.txt

The originator fields indicate the mailbox(es) of the source of the
   message.  The "From:" field specifies the author(s) of the message,
   that is, the mailbox(es) of the person(s) or system(s) responsible
   for the writing of the message.  The "Sender:" field specifies the
   mailbox of the agent responsible for the actual transmission of the
   message.  For example, if a secretary were to send a message for
   another person, the mailbox of the secretary would appear in the
   "Sender:" field and the mailbox of the actual author would appear in
   the "From:" field.  If the originator of the message can be indicated
   by a single mailbox and the author and transmitter are identical, the
   "Sender:" field SHOULD NOT be used.  Otherwise, both fields SHOULD
   appear.