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amc-mailing

AMC-MAILING(1)						       Auto Multiple Choice						    AMC-MAILING(1)

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.

       --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>Bienvenue &lt;paamc@passoire.fr&gt;</arg>
	     <arg>--text</arg><arg>Voila votre copie corrigee</arg>
	     <arg>--subject</arg><arg>QCM</arg>
	   </arguments>

AUTHORS

       Alexis Bienvenue <paamc@passoire.fr>
	   Main author

       Jean Berard
	   Translation from French

       Georges Khaznadar
	   Translation from French

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Alexis Bienvenue

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

Auto Multiple Choice 1.1.1					    06/19/2012							    AMC-MAILING(1)