utils (version 3.3)

create.post: Ancillary Function for Preparing Emails and Postings

Description

An ancillary function used by bug.report and help.request to prepare emails for submission to package maintainers or to Rmailing lists.

Usage

create.post(instructions = character(), description = "post",
            subject = "",
            method = getOption("mailer"),
            address = "the relevant mailing list",
            ccaddress = getOption("ccaddress", ""),
            filename = "R.post", info = character())

Arguments

instructions

Character vector of instructions to put at the top of the template email.

description

Character string: a description to be incorporated into messages.

subject

Subject of the email. Optional except for the "mailx" method.

method

Submission method, one of "none", "mailto", "gnudoit", "ess" or (Unix only) "mailx". See Details.

address

Recipient's email address, where applicable: for package bug reports sent by email this defaults to the address of the package maintainer (the first if more than one is listed).

ccaddress

Optional email address for copies with the "mailx" and "mailto" methods. Use ccaddress = "" for no copy.

filename

Filename to use for setting up the email (or storing it when method is "none" or sending mail fails).

info

character vector of information to include in the template email below the please do not edit the information below line.

Value

• Invisible NULL.

Details

What this does depends on the method. The function first creates a template email body.

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See Also

bug.report, help.request.