mail

(plugins.mail)

Overview

The mail plugin enables sending and receiving emails, with additional support for attachments, email validation, and property configuration. It supports creating binary and text-based attachments, specifying MIME types, and handling exceptions that occur during mail operations. The plugin can process incoming mail from POP3 accounts, with options for leaving messages on the server, retrieving headers, and filtering by sent date.

Emails can be sent individually or in bulk. Bulk emails are optimized to prevent responses such as "out of office" messages. The plugin supports HTML-formatted messages, multiple recipients, and optional CC/BCC configurations. Additional customization is available through SMTP host settings and override properties. Attachments can be added as single files or arrays, providing flexibility for diverse email content. Utility methods like email address validation and plain address extraction are also available.

Properties

Property
Description

mail.mime.charset

Specify the name of the charset to use for mail encoding (leave emtpy for system default), see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/nio/charset/Charset.html forinfo which charset names are usable

mail.from

Default 'from' address if none is specified

mail.smtp.username

Specify username if using authentication

mail.smtp.port

The port of SMTP server to deliver the mails to

mail.smtp.password

Specify password if using authentication

mail.smtp.auth

Use authentication (true/false), defaults to false.

mail.smtp.starttls.enable

Use START/TLS (true/false), defaults to false .

mail.smtp.host

The name of SMTP server to deliver the mails to

mail.smtp.connectiontimeout

Socket connection timeout value in milliseconds. Default is infinite timeout.

mail.smtp.ssl.enable

Use SSL (true/false), defaults to false .

mail.development.override.address

Specify an email address to which all email will be send instead of the specified To, Cc and Bcc addresses.The specified to, Cc and Bcc addresses will be added to the Subject.

mail.pop3.host

The name of POP3 server to recieve mails from

mail.server.allowUnauthenticatedRMIAccess

Allow mailserver access for unauthenticated smart (rmi) client (true/false), defaults to false

mail.pop3.apop.enable

Whether or not to use APOP for authentication (true/false), defaults to false.

mail.smtp.timeout

Socket I/O timeout value in milliseconds. Default is infinite timeout.

Returned Types

MailMessage,Attachment,

Properties Summarized

Type
Name
Summary

Returns the value of the mail.

Methods Summarized

Type
Name
Summary

Creates a text based attachment objec with the default 'text/plain' mimetype

Get the exception that occurred in the last sendMail attempt (null if no exception occurred).

Helper method, returns MailMessage object from binary or 7bits string.

Helper method to only get the plain addresses.

Checks whether the given e-mail address is valid or not.

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting).

Properties Detailed

from

Returns the value of the mail.from property which is set on the admin page.

Type String

Sample

Methods Detailed

createBinaryAttachment(filename, binarydata)

Creates a binary attachment object.

Parameters

Returns: Attachment an Attachment object created with the specified filename and binary data, or null if the inputs are invalid.

Sample

createBinaryAttachment(filename, binarydata, mimeType)

Creates a binary attachment object.

Parameters

Returns: Attachment an Attachment object created with the specified filename, binary data, and MIME type, or null if the inputs are invalid.

Sample

createTextAttachment(filename, textdata)

Creates a text based attachment objec with the default 'text/plain' mimetype

Parameters

Returns: Attachment an Attachment object created with the specified filename and text data, using the default MIME type of ‘text/plain’, or null if the inputs are invalid.

Sample

createTextAttachment(filename, textdata, mimeType)

Creates a text based attachment object.

Parameters

Returns: Attachment an Attachment object created with the specified filename, text data, and MIME type, or null if the inputs are invalid.

Sample

getLastSendMailExceptionMsg()

Get the exception that occurred in the last sendMail attempt (null if no exception occurred).

Returns: String The exception message from the last sendMail attempt, or null if no exception occurred.

Sample

getMailMessage(binaryblob/string)

Helper method, returns MailMessage object from binary or 7bits string.

Parameters

Returns: MailMessage a MailMessage object created from the provided binary or string data, or null if an error occurred.

Sample

getPlainMailAddresses(addressesString)

Helper method to only get the plain addresses.

Parameters

Returns: Array an array of plain email addresses extracted from the input string, or an empty array if no valid addresses are found.

Sample

isValidEmailAddress(email)

Checks whether the given e-mail address is valid or not.

Parameters

Returns: Boolean true if the given email address is valid, false otherwise.

Sample

receiveMail(username, password, leaveMsgsOnServer)

Receive mails from pop3 account.

Parameters

Returns: Array an array of MailMessage objects representing received mail, or null if an error occurred.

Sample

receiveMail(username, password, leaveMsgsOnServer, receiveMode)

Receive mails from pop3 account.

Parameters

Returns: Array an array of MailMessage objects representing received mail, or null if an error occurred.

Sample

receiveMail(username, password, leaveMsgsOnServer, receiveMode, onlyReceiveMsgWithSentDate)

Receive mails from pop3 account.

Parameters

Returns: Array an array of MailMessage objects representing received mail, or null if an error occurred.

Sample

receiveMail(username, password, leaveMsgsOnServer, receiveMode, onlyReceiveMsgWithSentDate, pop3Host)

Receive mails from pop3 account.

Parameters

Returns: Array an array of MailMessage objects representing received mail, or null if an error occurred.

Sample

receiveMail(username, password, leaveMsgsOnServer, receiveMode, onlyReceiveMsgWithSentDate, properties)

Receive mails from pop3 account.

Parameters

Returns: Array an array of MailMessage objects representing received mail, or null if an error occurred.

Sample

sendBulkMail(to, from, subject, msgText)

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). A bulk email makes it possible for one to not receive "out of office" emails back from receiver.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the bulk mail

  • String msgText The message text

Returns: Boolean true if the bulk email is successfully sent to all specified recipients, or false if an error occurs.

Sample

sendBulkMail(to, from, subject, msgText, cc)

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). A bulk email makes it possible for one to not receive "out of office" emails back from receiver.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the bulk mail

  • String msgText The message text

  • String cc One or more addresses separated by a comma

Returns: Boolean true if the bulk email, including “cc” recipients, is sent successfully, or false otherwise.

Sample

sendBulkMail(to, from, subject, msgText, cc, bcc)

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). A bulk email makes it possible for one to not receive "out of office" emails back from receiver.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the bulk mail

  • String msgText The message text

  • String cc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • String bcc One or more addresses separated by a comma

Returns: Boolean true if the bulk email is delivered successfully to all specified recipients, including “cc” and “bcc”, or false in case of failure.

Sample

sendBulkMail(to, from, subject, msgText, cc, bcc, attachment)

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). A bulk email makes it possible for one to not receive "out of office" emails back from receiver.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the bulk mail

  • String msgText The message text

  • String cc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • String bcc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • Attachment attachment A single attachment

Returns: Boolean true if the bulk email with the specified attachment is sent without issues, or false otherwise.

Sample

sendBulkMail(to, from, subject, msgText, cc, bcc, attachment, smtpHost)

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). A bulk email makes it possible for one to not receive "out of office" emails back from receiver.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the bulk mail

  • String msgText The message text

  • String cc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • String bcc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • Attachment attachment A single attachment

  • String smtpHost The smtp host

Returns: Boolean true if the bulk email with the specified attachment is sent without issues, or false otherwise.

Sample

sendBulkMail(to, from, subject, msgText, cc, bcc, attachment, overrideProperties)

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). A bulk email makes it possible for one to not receive "out of office" emails back from receiver.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the bulk mail

  • String msgText The message text

  • String cc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • String bcc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • Attachment attachment A single attachment

  • Array overrideProperties An array of properties

Returns: Boolean true if the bulk email with the specified attachment is sent without issues, or false otherwise.

Sample

sendBulkMail(to, from, subject, msgText, cc, bcc, attachments)

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). A bulk email makes it possible for one to not receive "out of office" emails back from receiver.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the bulk mail

  • String msgText The message text

  • String cc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • String bcc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • Array attachments The attachments

Returns: Boolean true if the bulk email with the specified attachments is sent without issues, or false otherwise.

Sample

sendBulkMail(to, from, subject, msgText, cc, bcc, attachments, smtpHost)

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). A bulk email makes it possible for one to not receive "out of office" emails back from receiver.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the bulk mail

  • String msgText The message text

  • String cc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • String bcc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • Array attachments The attachments

  • String smtpHost The smtp host

Returns: Boolean true if the bulk email with the specified attachments is sent without issues, or false otherwise.

Sample

sendBulkMail(to, from, subject, msgText, cc, bcc, attachments, overrideProperties)

Send a bulk mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). A bulk email makes it possible for one to not receive "out of office" emails back from receiver.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the bulk mail

  • String msgText The message text

  • String cc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • String bcc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • Array attachments The attachments

  • Array overrideProperties An array of properties

Returns: Boolean true if the bulk mail was successfully sent, false otherwise.

Sample

sendMail(to, from, subject, msgText)

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). If you want to have a different reply address than from, you can specify this with the from parameter by adding another email after it.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the mail

  • String msgText The message text

Returns: Boolean true if the email is sent successfully, false otherwise.

Sample

sendMail(to, from, subject, msgText, cc)

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). If you want to have a different reply address than from, you can specify this with the from parameter by adding another email after it.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the mail

  • String msgText The message text

  • String cc One or more addresses separated by a comma

Returns: Boolean true if the email is sent, including to recipients in the “cc” field, or false in case of failure.

Sample

sendMail(to, from, subject, msgText, cc, bcc)

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). If you want to have a different reply address than from, you can specify this with the from parameter by adding another email after it.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the mail

  • String msgText The message text

  • String cc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • String bcc One or more addresses separated by a comma

Returns: Boolean true if the email is sent successfully, covering both “cc” and “bcc” recipients, or false if an error occurs.

Sample

sendMail(to, from, subject, msgText, cc, bcc, attachment)

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). If you want to have a different reply address than from, you can specify this with the from parameter by adding another email after it.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the mail

  • String msgText The message text

  • String cc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • String bcc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • Attachment attachment A single attachment

Returns: Boolean true if the email containing the single specified attachment is sent successfully, or false otherwise.

Sample

sendMail(to, from, subject, msgText, cc, bcc, attachment, smtpHost)

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). If you want to have a different reply address than from, you can specify this with the from parameter by adding another email after it.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the mail

  • String msgText The message text

  • String cc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • String bcc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • Attachment attachment A single attachment

  • String smtpHost The smtp host

Returns: Boolean true if the email containing the single specified attachment is sent successfully, or false otherwise.

Sample

sendMail(to, from, subject, msgText, cc, bcc, attachment, overrideProperties)

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). If you want to have a different reply address than from, you can specify this with the from parameter by adding another email after it.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the mail

  • String msgText The message text

  • String cc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • String bcc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • Attachment attachment A single attachment

  • Array overrideProperties An array of properties

Returns: Boolean true if the email containing the single specified attachment is sent successfully, or false otherwise.

Sample

sendMail(to, from, subject, msgText, cc, bcc, attachments)

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). If you want to have a different reply address than from, you can specify this with the from parameter by adding another email after it.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the mail

  • String msgText The message text

  • String cc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • String bcc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • Array attachments The attachments

Returns: Boolean true if the email, along with the specified attachments, is sent successfully, or false otherwise.

Sample

sendMail(to, from, subject, msgText, cc, bcc, attachments, smtpHost)

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). If you want to have a different reply address than from, you can specify this with the from parameter by adding another email after it.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the mail

  • String msgText The message text

  • String cc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • String bcc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • Array attachments The attachments

  • String smtpHost The smtp host

Returns: Boolean true if the email is dispatched with the specified attachments and overridden properties, or false if sending fails.

Sample

sendMail(to, from, subject, msgText, cc, bcc, attachments, overrideProperties)

Send a mail, if you make the msgText start with <html> the message will be sent in html (and you can use all html formatting). If you want to have a different reply address than from, you can specify this with the from parameter by adding another email after it.

Parameters

  • String to A string containing 1 or multiple addresses separated by a comma.

  • String from A string containing an address and optional reply addresses, separated by commas.

  • String subject The subject of the mail

  • String msgText The message text

  • String cc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • String bcc One or more addresses separated by a comma

  • Array attachments The attachments

  • Array overrideProperties An array of properties

Returns: Boolean true if the email is dispatched with the specified attachments and overridden properties, or false if sending fails.

Sample


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