Sys.mail {syskern} | R Documentation |
Uses a system mail tool to send a message. Multiple recipients can be
specified in any of the addresses by enclosing them in double ("
)
quotes. Please do not use single ('
) quotes.
The body is a vector of character. Each element of body is written as a line of the message body.
Sys.mail(address= Sys.info()$user, ccaddress = NULL, bccaddress = NULL, subject = NULL, body= "no body", method = getOption("mailer"))
address |
Recipient's email address. The default is the user name as
indicated by Sys.info()$user , which will correspond to your
own email address on many systems. |
ccaddress |
Optional email address for copies.
Use ccaddress = NULL for no copies. |
bccaddress |
Optional email address for blind copies.
Use bccaddress = NULL for no copies. |
subject |
Subject of the email. Please do not use single quotes in the subject! |
method |
Submission method, one of "mailx" ,
"mail" , or "Mail" . |
body |
A vector of character, one line per element to place in the body of the email. |
Currently works only on Unix systems using "mailx", "mail" or "Mail". The mail tool needs to be found on your Unix search path.
TRUE or FALSE indicating success or failure as returned by the operating system. (This does not indicate that the message was received at the address.)
Paul Gilbert
link{options}
Sys.mail(address="friends", subject="R", body="R is great")