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PROGRAM:

NAME

AMC-mailing - mail PDF annotated completed answer sheets to students

SYNOPSIS

auto-multiple-choice mailing [--xmlargs args.xml] --projet project-dir
--students-list students-list.csv [--list-encoding encoding]
--email-column col --sender sender-email --subject subject
--text email-body [--debug file.log] [transport arguments...]

DESCRIPTION

The command AMC-mailing.pl sends by email the PDF annotated completed answer sheets to the
students. Email addresses are taken from the students list file.

--projet project-dir
Gives the project directory.

--students-list students-list.csv
sets the students list file name.

--list-encoding encoding
selects an encoding for file students-list.csv (default is utf-8).

--email-column col
sets the name of the column containing the email addresses of the students in the
students list file.

--sender sender-email
sets the sender email.

--subject subject
sets the subject of the emails to send.

--text email-body
sets the body text of the emails to send.

--attach filename
adds file filename as an attachment to all emails sent. Use this option several times
to attach multiple files.

--transport transport
sets the transport to use. transport may be sendmail or SMTP.

--debug file.log
gives a file to fill with debugging information.

TRANSPORT ARGUMENTS

Depending on the value used for argument transport, the following arguments can be added:

Transport sendmail
--sendmail-path path
sets the path to the sendmail command (defaults to /usr/sbin/sendmail).

Transport SMTP
--smtp-host host
sets the SMTP hostname (defaults to smtp).

--smtp-port port
sets the port to use (default value is 25).

ARGUMENTS IN A XML FILE

To avoid encoding problems, one can place some arguments in a XML file and use the
--xmlargs file.xml argument as the first command argument. Here is an exemple of such a
file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<arguments>
<arg>--sender</arg><arg>Bienvenüe &lt;[email protected]&gt;</arg>
<arg>--text</arg><arg>Voilà votre copie corrigée</arg>
<arg>--subject</arg><arg>QCM</arg>
</arguments>

AUTHORS

Alexis Bienvenüe <[email protected]>
Main author

Jean Bérard
Translation from French

Georges Khaznadar
Translation from French

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2008-2013 Alexis Bienvenüe

This document can be used according to the terms of the GNU General Public License,
version 2 or later.

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