E-mailing from filepro

[Dennis Malen]

Can you provide password for excel from a command line???

Dennis Malen
516.479.5912
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From: "Fairlight" <fairlite at fairlite.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: E-mailing from filepro


> On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 09:09:50AM -0700, Bob Rasmussen may or may not 
> have
> proven themselves an utter git by pronouncing:
>>
>> Most to the point, you don't want to send plain text emails for utility
>> bills. You probably want to adapt your current layout, which is probably
>> printed on a pre-printed form using either plain text or some printcodes.
>>
>> Our Print Wizard product will let you do all this; that is, take your
>> existing filePro output, translate it, add an overlay image, and email 
>> it.
>> See website for details, email or call me for specifics.
>
> You raise an interesting point, Bob--although not the one you were trying
> to make.
>
> Ignoring the "prettification" or "company format" factor for a moment,
> what you said got me thinking about how bills are usually laid out, and in
> thinking about the formatting, also about what goes in them.
>
> Which leads me to point out that sending full bills via an unsecure 
> channel
> like email isn't necessarily the best idea in the world in this day and
> age.
>
> Most places (banks, utility companies, etc.) will do one of two things.
> Some will provide an alert email that your bill is ready, containing a 
> link
> to your bill on their web site, which you must log into in order to view
> the bill.  Others will provide a bill that's redacted to the point that
> identity theft isn't (as much of) an issue.
>
> But if, say, one was putting out bills with a person's name, address, and
> something like a SSN or account number, then you're in the realm of
> personally identifying information.  That shouldn't be passed through
> insecure channels, and email then becomes a poor choice.  If that kind of
> combined, identifying information is necessary for the bill (or just part
> of the standard bill), then it's time to look at redacting, or doing a
> "come to us" scenario with an SSL-protected web site and email alerts
> combined.
>
> That said, PrintWizard is a great choice for doing PDFs for either
> solution.  And, having considered the scenario a bit more, I toss you a
> feature to maybe implement...  Give PrintWizard the ability to set 
> security
> settings, including PDF passwords and restrictions, all from the command
> line.  If one could at least password protect the PDF, it would be a
> different story.  Granted, this assumes that people have signed up for an
> account ahead of time (which I'm not sure is the case in Rich's scenario)
> and gotten a password assigned.  But in scenarios where a pre-existing
> password/account had been generated, the ability to pull and use that
> information when generating PrintWiz-made PDF files would be stellar.  I
> actually don't know of a CLI utility that has that functionality, either.
> The ability to set this stuff on the fly might give you a leg up in the 
> big
> picture.
>
> At any rate, there are security/privacy concerns involved with emailing
> bills.
>
> mark->
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