MAILQUOTE


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Mailquote uses much of the same code as TclTicker, but instead mails quotes to an email address. An email address is required. Mailquote uses the same $HOME/.tclticker file as TclTicker for quote service selection and symbols. Optionally, you may specify alternate symbols on the command line; mailquote recognizes an optional "-q" flag for quiet operation (quietly ignoring errors):

mailquote -q some_email@somewhere.net IBM GE ^DJI RHAT

mailquote some_email@somewhere.net # uses .tclticker symbols

Mailquote is useful to send quotes to pagers and cell/pcs phones that support text messages via email, perhaps on a regular basis using cron. Note that many text messaging systems limit the amount of text sent to these types of devices. Be sure to place your most important symbols near the beginning of the symbol list in TclTicker, or execute mailquote a number of times with various symbols on the command line.

Mailquote requires the 'ezsmtp' Tcl package by D.J.Hagberg, available at: http://www.millibits.com/djh/tcl/index.html

Use TclTicker's configuration window to set a smart SMTP relay host, if needed.

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