Robo-FTP User's Guide > Script Programming > Script Commands > All Script Commands > MAILTO - Send an e-mail message via default e-mail client

Syntax:	MAILTO	[ to name ] [ subject ] [ body ]
Arguments:	[ to name]	Variable or string defining the e-mail address of recipient; to enter the destination e-mail address within your e-mail client, specify an empty string or issue MAILTO with no arguments
	[ subject ]	Variable or string defining the subject line for the message; to enter a subject line within your e-mail client, specify an empty string or issue MAILTO with only the [ to name ] argument
	[ body ]	Variable or string defining the body of the message; to enter the body within your e-mail client, specify an empty string or issue MAILTO with only the [ to name ] and [ subject ] arguments

This command may be used obtain an e-mail address, subject line, and/or message body under script control and then invoke the external system default e-mail client. The client is launched and Robo-FTP script continues.

The arguments are optional but if used must be in order shown above. Supply empty string(s) as necessary if you wish to supply a subject, for example, without an e-mail address.

Line breaks may be embedded in [ body ] with the ‘\n’ character sequence. Not all e-mail clients, however, recognize line breaks and may substitute a space character.

Consider the following example where the default e-mail client is launched with an e-mail address, subject line, and message body.

SET email = "[email protected]"

SET subj = "Thanks for your order!"

SET body = "We appreciate your business."

MAILTO email subj body

Consider the following example where only a multi-line message body is specified.

SET body = "Your password is:\n\n4ikk3433"

MAILTO "" "" body

Related command(s): CREATEMAIL, SENDMAIL, GETMAIL