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# 8  
Old 11-10-2013
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Originally Posted by ziggy6
I am using SCO 5.0.7 and using a bourne shell
Thanks
I have the script some what working. It will email the first statement but the next 2 it does not send but it includes them in the body of the first email on the first statement.
Code:
while IFS=";" read an addr name; do /u/star/sendEmail -f username@baby.net -t dzwic
k@ctc.net -s smtp.windstream.net:587 -xu username -xp password -u "statement" -a
/u/star/data/2013/04/"$an"0413.pdf
  done < contacts

sample of the contacts list
Code:
3810;username@baby.net;Dan
3860;username@baby.net;Tom
4001;username@baby.net;Jerry

# 9  
Old 11-11-2013
That's because the mail programs read the "mail body" from stdin which points to the remainder of contacts and thus eats away the two lines. Redirect mail's stdin to a standard text (or to e.g. /dev/null) and try again...
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