Mailing from batch files and scripts

Windows 7, Vista

1. Go to Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tasks > Task Scheduler
2. Click Create Task in the sidebar
3. On the General tab, under Security options, click Run whether user is logged in or not
4. On the Actions tab, click New
5. In the Program/script box, paste the path to the RocketSales EXE file: C:\Program Files\Anconia RocketSales\RocketSales.exe
6. In the Add arguments box, type the following parameters:

• The path to the HTML file to use as your message, e.g.: C:\Users\(Your name)\Documents\Message.html
• /subject:"(Subject)"
• The following parameters: /sendall /noui

Windows XP

1. Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks > Add Scheduled Task
2. Go through the add task wizard. Choose Anconia RocketSales as the program you want to run and type the date and time you want the mailing to begin.
3. In the last wizard panel, check Open advanced properties for this task when I click Finish checkbox.
4. In the advanced properties dialog, type the following parameters at the end of the Run box:

• The path to the HTML file to use as your message, e.g.: C:\Users\(Your name)\Documents\Message.html
• /subject:"(Subject)"
• The following parameters: /sendall /noui

The final parameters will look like this:

C:\Program Files\Anconia RocketSales\RocketSales.exe message.html /subject:"Fall promo" /sendall /noui

Optional parameters

• Any attachments which you want to send along with the message: /attach:"(Path to first attachment)" [/attach:"(Path to second attachment)"]
• The account which contains the sender name, email address, and other Internet account information you want to use for your mailing: /account:"(Account name)"
• The table which contains the recipients you want to mail: /table:"(Table name)"
• The custom SQL query which chooses the recipients you want to mail: /query:"(Saved query name)"
• The database column which contains the email addresses of the recipients: /emailfield:"(Field name)"