auto-multiple-choice-mailing

Name

auto-multiple-choice-mailing — mail PDF annotated completed answer sheets to students

Synopsis

auto-multiple-choice mailing [--xmlargs args.xml] --project project-dir --students-list students-list.csv [--list-encoding encoding] --email-column col --sender sender-email --subject subject --text email-body [--text-content-type content-type] [--debug file.log] [transport arguments...]

Description

The command auto-multiple-choice mailing sends by email the PDF annotated completed answer sheets to the students. Email addresses are taken from the students list file.

--project project-dir: Gives the project directory.
--students-list students-list.csv: sets the students list file name.
--list-encoding encoding: selects an encoding for file students-list.csv (default is utf-8).
--email-column col: sets the name of the column containing the email addresses of the students in the students list file.
--sender sender-email: sets the sender email.
--cc cc-email-address: sets the carbon copy email address.
--bcc bcc-email-address: sets the blind carbon copy email address.
--subject subject: sets the subject of the emails to send.
--text email-body: sets the body text of the emails to send.
--text-content-type content-type: sets the content-type of email text. content-type may be text/plain or text/html.
--attach filename: adds file filename as an attachment to all emails sent. Use this option several times to attach multiple files.
--transport transport: sets the transport to use. transport may be sendmail or SMTP.
--debug file.log: gives a file to fill with debugging information.
--delay time: sets a delay of time seconds between each sending.

Transport arguments

Depending on the value used for argument transport, the following arguments can be added:

Transport sendmail

--sendmail-path path: sets the path to the sendmail command (defaults to /usr/sbin/sendmail).

Transport SMTP

--smtp-host host: sets the SMTP hostname (defaults to smtp).
--smtp-port port: sets the port to use (default value is 25).
--smtp-ssl mode: sets the security mode for the SMTP connection. The option mode can be ssl, starttls, or 0 (unsecured).
--smtp-user user: sets the username for authenticated SMTP.
--smtp-passwd-file file: gives the path of a file containing the password (as the first line of the file) for authenticated SMTP.

Arguments in a XML file

To avoid encoding problems, one can place some arguments in a XML file and use the --xmlargs file.xml argument as the first command argument. Here is an example of such a file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<arguments>
  <arg>--sender</arg><arg>Bienvenüe &lt;paamc@passoire.fr&gt;</arg>
  <arg>--text</arg><arg>Voilà votre copie corrigée</arg>
  <arg>--subject</arg><arg>QCM</arg>
</arguments>

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