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+====== Scripted Email ======
+Used to send email to list of people from flat file.  Usually when sending from server you want the reply-to set correctly so the replies go to a proper email account.
+===== Input File =====
+The input file is cre.txt and has the following format
+  * Header: Username Password Email
+  * Rows: userid password email
+  * Fields are space delimited
+Sample file
+<code>
+Username Password Email
+hjames N8dseRzx8l someone1@example.org
+itom 08sdfssRPd someone2@example.org
+klucy 1eh4g6y88 someone3@example.org
+</code>
+===== Updates to script =====
+Things to update in script are
+  * input file location (input)
+  * Subject (subject1)
+  * Body as appropriate
+  * replyto field
+===== Code =====
+The tr command is optional.  In case the file arrived from DOS/WINDOWS it may have funny characters
+<code bash>
+#!/bin/bash
+cat cre.txt | tr -d '\015' > cre1.txt
+input=cre1.txt
+subject1="Some Subject"
+while read -r line
+do
+    IFS=" " read -r f1 f2 f3 <<<"$line"
+    if [ ! $f1 = "Username" ]; then
+        echo "Emailing $f3 ..."
+        body1="You Userid is $f1 and Password is $f2"
+        echo $body1 | mailx -s "$subject1" -S replyto=someuser@example.com "$f3"
+    fi
+done <"$input"
+</code>
+===== Keywords =====
+for loop mass