Delete file after sending

[[e-mail] [blat]]

For blat.exe <filename> , is there an option to automatically delete the file specified by <filename> after (successful) sending? Or can such an option be added?


We're launching blat.exe as a process to send customized emails. Because it is launched as a process, and run time is undetermined, it's tricky to delete the file from the app that launched blat.exe


Thank you.

[Rich Pasco [e-mail] [blat]]

It's easy in a BAT command shell script:

blat %filename% ...
if not errorlevel 1 del %filename%

I hope this helps.

- Rich

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For blat.exe <filename> , is there an option to automatically delete
the file specified by <filename> after (successful) sending? Or can
such an option be added?
We're launching blat.exe as a process to send customized emails.
Because it is launched as a process, and run time is undetermined,
it's tricky to delete the file from the app that launched blat.exe
Thank you.

[[e-mail] [blat]]

Thank you for suggestion. I was hoping that a small option could be added into blat, as to avoid having to pass parameters to the .bat file, and from there on to blat.exe. All very hard to maintain and prone to errors.

Warm regards,
Marcha

['Chip' [e-mail] [blat]]

Post by ***@hotmail.com [blat]
Thank you for suggestion. I was hoping that a small option could be added into blat, as to avoid having to pass parameters to the .bat file, and from there on to blat.exe. All very hard to maintain and prone to errors.
Warm regards,
Marcha

Yes, it is possible to include an option for this in a future release. I am thinking it might be called /delmsgfile

Chip

[[e-mail] [blat]]

That would be fantastic, thank you. Let me know if you'd like me to do any early testing.

Best,
Marcha

['Mike Mattos' [e-mail] [blat]]

One caution



For no apparent reason, I periodically get messages like



Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.



Subject: For Wednesday discussion!

Sent: 2016-05-09 10:45 AM



The following recipient(s) cannot be reached:



'Marina Vale' on 2016-05-09 10:45 AM

Server error: '451 Temporary local problem - please try later'



'RICK CICCARELLI' on 2016-05-09 10:45 AM

Server error: '451 Temporary local problem - please try later'



These appear to come from the service provider ( no local server! ) but unfortunately Outlook shows the error message with EMPTY properties. A resend works! And in the case above, only 2 of about 15 recipients didn’t get the message. The other 13 got it. Resend worked immediately.



Deleting attachments because the BLAT didn’t get an error message can be problematic. I estimate that half a dozen times a year, I reload my message queue and resend messages that simply disappeared after a successful send, typically all going to the same domain or at least same email address.



If I had deleted the files, I wouldn’t be able to do that. And by doing so, I maintain credibility with clients that the original attempt was made at the appropriate time. This has also allowed for troubleshooting with ISP’s.



Mike





Mike Mattos



“To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered”



Voltaire



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Subject: Re: [blat] Delete file after sending

Post by ***@hotmail.com [blat]
Thank you for suggestion. I was hoping that a small option could be added into blat, as to avoid having to pass parameters to the .bat file, and from there on to blat.exe. All very hard to maintain and prone to errors.
Warm regards,
Marcha

Yes, it is possible to include an option for this in a future release. I am thinking it might be called /delmsgfile



Chip

[Ernest [e-mail] [blat]]

A while ago I used BLAT to send out a group of messages to people and found that the server that I was going through would watch for large volumes and just not allow all the emails to be sent if they were “too many too quickly”. I put a 2 second delay between each BLAT execution and it solved the problem. Yes, It took a couple of minutes to send all the emails, but that was better than losing some of them.



I would look for mail server/service that doesn’t restrict you like that.



Ernest



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Sent: Friday, July 01, 2016 22:10 PM
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Subject: RE: [blat] Delete file after sending





One caution



For no apparent reason, I periodically get messages like



Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.



Subject: For Wednesday discussion!

Sent: 2016-05-09 10:45 AM



The following recipient(s) cannot be reached:



'Marina Vale' on 2016-05-09 10:45 AM

Server error: '451 Temporary local problem - please try later'



'RICK CICCARELLI' on 2016-05-09 10:45 AM

Server error: '451 Temporary local problem - please try later'



These appear to come from the service provider ( no local server! ) but unfortunately Outlook shows the error message with EMPTY properties. A resend works! And in the case above, only 2 of about 15 recipients didn’t get the message. The other 13 got it. Resend worked immediately.



Deleting attachments because the BLAT didn’t get an error message can be problematic. I estimate that half a dozen times a year, I reload my message queue and resend messages that simply disappeared after a successful send, typically all going to the same domain or at least same email address.



If I had deleted the files, I wouldn’t be able to do that. And by doing so, I maintain credibility with clients that the original attempt was made at the appropriate time. This has also allowed for troubleshooting with ISP’s.



Mike





Mike Mattos



“To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered”




Voltaire



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Subject: Re: [blat] Delete file after sending

Post by ***@hotmail.com [blat]
Thank you for suggestion. I was hoping that a small option could be added into blat, as to avoid having to pass parameters to the .bat file, and from there on to blat.exe. All very hard to maintain and prone to errors.
Warm regards,
Marcha

Yes, it is possible to include an option for this in a future release. I am thinking it might be called /delmsgfile



Chip

[[e-mail] [blat]]

can you consider a flag or something?

Maybe people do not want to delete it but want to move it off to another folder for archive (validation if people call asking why they didn't receive the email or legal purposes as proof it was sent). I am aware of the log file.


might need two?


-OnSuccess <attribute>
-OnFailure <attribute>


if email address provided as argument then it emails the email addy provided.


if UNC then it saves the attachment at the location (what may be 'kewl' would be to also save the blat execution string for that one attachment using the attachment name and extension of .bat


if <delete> then deletes the file completely (warning - completely deletes does not leave a copy in the trash/wastebasket)


if <waste> it deletes it but leaves it in the wastebasket/trashbin (depending on what you coded this?)


just a thought

[[e-mail] [blat]]

I wanted to follow up on this to see if it is possible to add the /delmsgfile option.


Thank you.

['Axel Skough' [e-mail] [blat]]

It would of course be technically possible to extend the Blat program in any direction depending on the actual operating system and the runtime options available.

But why do you want to make a DELETE option available from within the Blat? It is an operating system feature, indeed a part of the Disk Operating Systen, builtin Catalog Management etc depending on the actual platform.

It would be a better idea to avoid such complexi9ties inside an application program. You can, on most platforms, use a script system and build a chain och functions wiyhin this system to make the operational functionality you want, for example, the INVOKE (Blat) is one operation, DELETE (a file) is another.
It should not be a complex task to build the desired execution process architecture with several action components involved on any platform.

I would strongly discourage and warn for making a single component too complex. It is a part which can be used to build the desired runtime functionality, but every single component should be kept as simple as possible.
Axel



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I wanted to follow up on this to see if it is possible to add the /delmsgfile option.



Thank you.

['Moore, Bruce' [e-mail] [blat]]

“I would strongly discourage and warn for making a single component too complex. It is a part which can be used to build the desired runtime functionality, but every single component should be kept as simple as possible.”

Totally agree with this – the operating system has options to “clean up” any files, I strongly suggest using those options and keeping BLAT as it is – a wonderful messaging service option.

Bruce

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It would of course be technically possible to extend the Blat program in any direction depending on the actual operating system and the runtime options available.

But why do you want to make a DELETE option available from within the Blat? It is an operating system feature, indeed a part of the Disk Operating Systen, builtin Catalog Management etc depending on the actual platform.

It would be a better idea to avoid such complexi9ties inside an application program. You can, on most platforms, use a script system and build a chain och functions wiyhin this system to make the operational functionality you want, for example, the INVOKE (Blat) is one operation, DELETE (a file) is another.
It should not be a complex task to build the desired execution process architecture with several action components involved on any platform.

I would strongly discourage and warn for making a single component too complex. It is a part which can be used to build the desired runtime functionality, but every single component should be kept as simple as possible.
Axel

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I wanted to follow up on this to see if it is possible to add the /delmsgfile option.



Thank you.



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[[e-mail] [blat]]

what we happen to do is write a script which gets repeated for each instance

verify if sending file is there
send the file
move the file to a "done" folder


I am sure you can get fancy and do an if condition on success flag but we have not made it to that point yet.


Would be a good idea but we only have a fail about once every 3mths and it is someone new with a messed up email address, not a blat issue.