WAITBEFORE argument causes Command Line Email utility to pause a specified number of seconds before sending an email. And the WAITAFTER argument in the similar manner causes febootimail to delay a specified amount of time after an email is sent.
Command syntax
- febootimail -WAITBEFORE 5
- febootimail -WAITAFTER 60
It might be useful to delay email sending when used in loops, to not overload an SMTP server with persistently repeating data packages, especially because some SMTP servers are configured to temporarily block the IP address for too frequent and intense server users.
febootimail -SERVER smtp.example.net -FROM ed@example.net -TO nicholas@example.com -TEXT sending an auto email after 15 minutes -WAITBEFORE 900Related commands
Quick look
- Quick start · start sending the CMD email in minutes
- Tips & Tricks · a few quick email tricks
- Email attachments · use simple wildcards or advanced file masks to attach multiple files
- Debug email client-server connection · use DEBUG and advanced DEBUGX commands
- Parameter substitution using USEFILE and CONFIG · use a text file as any parameter
- Batch file & errorlevels · errorlevel values can be used in conditional processing
- Command Line Email parameters · see all email commands
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