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Revision: 9290
at October 29, 2008 08:47 by narkisr
Updated Code 
#!/usr/bin/ruby
require 'win32ole'
f = IO.popen("cygpath -w "+ARGV[1].to_s)
path= f.gets.strip
outlook = WIN32OLE.new('Outlook.Application')
message = outlook.CreateItem(0)
message.Subject = 'see attached file'
message.Body = ''
message.To = ARGV[0]
message.Attachments.Add(path, 1)
message.Send

Revision: 9289
at October 29, 2008 05:36 by narkisr
Updated Code 
require 'win32ole'
outlook = WIN32OLE.new('Outlook.Application')
message = outlook.CreateItem(0)
message.Subject = 'Subject line here'
message.Body = 'This is the body of your message.'
message.To = '[email protected]'
message.Attachments.Add('c:\my_folder\my_file.txt', 1)
message.Send

Revision: 9288
at October 28, 2008 18:16 by narkisr
Initial Code 
require 'win32ole'
outlook = CreateObject('Outlook.Application')
message = outlook.CreateItem(0)
message.Subject = 'Subject line here'
message.Body = 'This is the body of your message.'
message.To = '[email protected]'
message.Attachments.Add('c:\my_folder\my_file.txt', 1)
message.Send
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Simple Outlook automation, the idea is to use this in cygwin to send files without opening the outlook UI, to use it place the code under /bin folder and make it executable with chmod +x.

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Ruby Outlook automation in cygwin

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Ruby