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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.

Returned Types

Properties Summarized

Type

Name

Summary

Returns the value of the mail.

Methods Summarized

Type

Name

Summary

Creates a binary attachment object.

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

Creates a text based attachment object.

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.

Receive mails from pop3 account.

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).

Properties Detailed

from

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

Sample

var from = plugins.mail.from

Methods Detailed

createBinaryAttachment(filename, binarydata)

Creates a binary attachment object.

Parameters

Sample

var attachment1 = plugins.mail.createBinaryAttachment('logo1.gif',plugins.file.readFile('c:/temp/a_logo.gif'));
var attachment2 = plugins.mail.createBinaryAttachment('logo2.gif',plugins.file.readFile('c:/temp/another_logo.gif'));
var success = plugins.mail.sendMail('to_someone@example.com', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.org>', 'subject', 'msgText',null,null,new Array(attachment1,attachment2));
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send mail','OK');
}

createBinaryAttachment(filename, binarydata, mimeType)

Creates a binary attachment object.

Parameters

Sample

var attachment1 = plugins.mail.createBinaryAttachment('logo1.gif',plugins.file.readFile('c:/temp/a_logo.gif', 'image/gif'));
var attachment2 = plugins.mail.createBinaryAttachment('logo2.gif',plugins.file.readFile('c:/temp/another_logo.gif', 'image/gif'));
var success = plugins.mail.sendMail('to_someone@example.com', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.org>', 'subject', 'msgText',null,null,new Array(attachment1,attachment2));
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send mail','OK');
}

createTextAttachment(filename, textdata)

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

Parameters

Sample

var attachment = plugins.mail.createTextAttachment('readme.html','<html>bla bla bla');
var success = plugins.mail.sendMail('to_someone@example.com', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', 'msgText',null,null,attachment);
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send mail','OK');
}

createTextAttachment(filename, textdata, mimeType)

Creates a text based attachment object.

Parameters

Sample

var attachment = plugins.mail.createTextAttachment('readme.html','<html>bla bla bla', 'text/html');
var success = plugins.mail.sendMail('to_someone@example.com', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', 'msgText',null,null,attachment);
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send mail','OK');
}

getLastSendMailExceptionMsg()

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

Sample

var success = plugins.mail.sendMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.org', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', 'my message',null,'unnamed@example.com');
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert',plugins.mail.getLastSendMailExceptionMsg(),'OK');
}

getMailMessage(binaryblob/string)

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

Parameters

Sample

var msg = plugins.mail.getMailMessage(myBlob);
if (msg != null) //if is null error occurred!
{
	application.output(msg.getFromAddresses())
}

getPlainMailAddresses(addressesString)

Helper method to only get the plain addresses.

Parameters

Sample

var plainArray = plugins.mail.getPlainMailAddresses('John Cobb <from_me@example.com>,Pete Cobb<from_pete@example.com>');
application.output(plainArray[0]) //will return 'from_me@example.com'

isValidEmailAddress(email)

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

Parameters

Sample

plugins.mail.isValidEmailAddress("me@example.com");

receiveMail(username, password, leaveMsgsOnServer)

Receive mails from pop3 account.

Parameters

Sample

var msgs = plugins.mail.receiveMail('mylogin', 'secretpass',  true);
if (msgs != null) //if is null error occurred!
{
	for (var i = 0 ; i < msgs.length ; i++)
	{
		var msg = msgs[i]
		application.output(msg.getFromAddresses())
		application.output(msg.getRecipientAddresses())
		application.output(msg.getReplyAddresses())
		application.output(msg.getSentDate())
		application.output(msg.getHeaders())
		application.output(msg.getSubject())
		application.output(msg.getHtmlMsg())
		application.output(msg.getPlainMsg())
		var attachments = msg.getAttachments()
		if (attachments != null)
		{
			for (var j = 0 ; j < attachments.length ; j++)
			{
				var attachment = attachments[j]
				application.output(attachment.getName())
				var attachmentDataByteArray = attachment.getData()
				//write attachmentDataByteArray to a file...
			}
		}
	}
}

receiveMail(username, password, leaveMsgsOnServer, receiveMode)

Receive mails from pop3 account.

Parameters

Sample

var receiveMode = 1;//0=FULL,1=HEADERS_ONLY,2=NO_ATTACHMENTS
var msgs = plugins.mail.receiveMail('mylogin', 'secretpass',  true,  0);
if (msgs != null) //if is null error occurred!
{
	for (var i = 0 ; i < msgs.length ; i++)
	{
		var msg = msgs[i]
		application.output(msg.getFromAddresses())
		application.output(msg.getRecipientAddresses())
		application.output(msg.getReplyAddresses())
		application.output(msg.getSentDate())
		application.output(msg.getHeaders())
		application.output(msg.getSubject())
	}
}

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

Receive mails from pop3 account.

Parameters

Sample

//it is also possible to first receive the headers and later receive a full message with particular 'sentdate'
//var receiveMode = 1;//0=FULL,1=HEADERS_ONLY,2=NO_ATTACHMENTS
var msgs = plugins.mail.receiveMail('mylogin', 'secretpass',  true,  0,  theSentDateObjectFormPreviousHeaderLoading);
if (msgs != null) //if is null error occurred!
{
	for (var i = 0 ; i < msgs.length ; i++)
	{
		var msg = msgs[i]
		application.output(msg.getFromAddresses())
		application.output(msg.getRecipientAddresses())
		application.output(msg.getReplyAddresses())
		application.output(msg.getSentDate())
		application.output(msg.getHeaders())
		application.output(msg.getSubject())
	}
}

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

Receive mails from pop3 account.

Parameters

Sample

//it is also possible to first receive the headers and later receive a full message
var receiveMode = 0;//0=FULL,1=HEADERS_ONLY,2=NO_ATTACHMENTS
var pop3Host = 'myserver.com';
var msgs = plugins.mail.receiveMail('mylogin', 'secretpass',  true,  receiveMode,  null, pop3Host);
if (msgs != null) //if is null error occurred!
{
	for (var i = 0 ; i < msgs.length ; i++)
	{
		var msg = msgs[i]
		application.output(msg.getFromAddresses())
		application.output(msg.getRecipientAddresses())
		application.output(msg.getReplyAddresses())
		application.output(msg.getSentDate())
		application.output(msg.getHeaders())
		application.output(msg.getSubject())
		application.output(msg.getHtmlMsg())
		application.output(msg.getPlainMsg())
		var attachments = msg.getAttachments()
		if (attachments != null)
		{
			for (var j = 0 ; j < attachments.length ; j++)
			{
				var attachment = attachments[j]
				application.output(attachment.getName())
				var attachmentDataByteArray = attachment.getData()
				//write attachmentDataByteArray to a file...
			}
		}
	}
}

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

Receive mails from pop3 account.

Parameters

Sample

var receiveMode = 1;//0=FULL,1=HEADERS_ONLY,2=NO_ATTACHMENTS

var properties = new Array();
properties[0] = 'mail.pop3.port=995';
properties[1] = 'mail.pop3.ssl.enable=true';
properties[2] = 'mail.pop3.host=myserver.com';
properties[3] = 'mail.pop3.user=user@myserver.com';

var msgs = plugins.mail.receiveMail('mylogin', 'secretpass',  true,  receiveMode,  null, properties);
if (msgs != null) //if is null error occurred!
{
	for (var i = 0 ; i < msgs.length ; i++)
	{
		var msg = msgs[i]
		application.output(msg.getFromAddresses())
		application.output(msg.getRecipientAddresses())
		application.output(msg.getReplyAddresses())
		application.output(msg.getSentDate())
		application.output(msg.getHeaders())
		application.output(msg.getSubject())
	}
}

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

Sample

var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
var success = plugins.mail.sendBulkMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>,replyTo@example.com', 'subject', msgText);
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send bulk mail','OK');
}

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

Parameters

Sample

var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
var success = plugins.mail.sendBulkMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', msgText,'cc1@example.com,cc2@example.com');
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send bulk mail','OK');
}

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

Parameters

Sample

var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
var success = plugins.mail.sendBulkMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', msgText,null,'bcc1@example.com');
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send bulk mail','OK');
}

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

Parameters

Sample

var attachment = plugins.mail.createBinaryAttachment('embedded',plugins.file.readFile('c:/temp/a_logo.gif'));
var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
var success = plugins.mail.sendBulkMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', msgText,null,'bcc1@example.com,bcc2@example.com',attachment);
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send bulk mail','OK');
}

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

Parameters

Sample

var attachment = plugins.mail.createBinaryAttachment('embedded',plugins.file.readFile('c:/temp/a_logo.gif'));
var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
var smtphost = 'myserver.com';
var success = plugins.mail.sendBulkMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', msgText,null,'unnamed@example.com',attachment,smtphost);
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send bulk mail','OK');
}

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

Parameters

Sample

var attachment = plugins.mail.createBinaryAttachment('embedded',plugins.file.readFile('c:/temp/a_logo.gif'));
var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
//it is possbile to set all kind of smtp properties
var properties = new Array()
properties[0] = 'mail.smtp.host=myserver.com'
// properties specification can be found at:https://javaee.github.io/javamail/docs/api/com/sun/mail/smtp/package-summary.html
var success = plugins.mail.sendBulkMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', msgText,null,'unnamed@example.com',attachment,properties);
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send bulk mail','OK');
}

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

Parameters

Sample

var attachment1 = plugins.mail.createBinaryAttachment('embedded',plugins.file.readFile('c:/temp/a_logo.gif'));
var attachment2 = plugins.mail.createTextAttachment('embedded','A text attachement');
var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
var success = plugins.mail.sendBulkMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', msgText,null,'bcc1@example.com,bcc2@example.com',[attachment1,attachment2]);
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send bulk mail','OK');
}

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

Parameters

Sample

var attachment1 = plugins.mail.createBinaryAttachment('embedded',plugins.file.readFile('c:/temp/a_logo.gif'));
var attachment2 = plugins.mail.createTextAttachment('embedded','A text attachement');
var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
var smtphost = 'myserver.com';
var success = plugins.mail.sendBulkMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', msgText,null,'unnamed@example.com',[attachment1,attachement2],smtphost);
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send bulk mail','OK');
}

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

Parameters

Sample

var attachment1 = plugins.mail.createBinaryAttachment('embedded',plugins.file.readFile('c:/temp/a_logo.gif'));
var attachment2 = plugins.mail.createTextAttachment('embedded','A text attachement');
var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
//it is possbile to set all kind of smtp properties
var properties = new Array()
properties[0] = 'mail.smtp.host=myserver.com'
// properties specification can be found at:https://javaee.github.io/javamail/docs/api/com/sun/mail/smtp/package-summary.html
var success = plugins.mail.sendBulkMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', msgText,null,'unnamed@example.com',[attachment1,attachement2],properties);
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send bulk mail','OK');
}

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

Sample

var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
var success = plugins.mail.sendMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>,replyTo@example.com', 'subject', msgText);
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send mail','OK');
}

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

Parameters

Sample

var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
var success = plugins.mail.sendMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', msgText,'cc1@example.com,cc2@example.com');
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send mail','OK');
}

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

Parameters

Sample

var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
var success = plugins.mail.sendMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', msgText,null,'bcc1@example.com');
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send mail','OK');
}

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

Parameters

Sample

var attachment = plugins.mail.createBinaryAttachment('embedded',plugins.file.readFile('c:/temp/a_logo.gif'));
var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
var success = plugins.mail.sendMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', msgText,null,'bcc1@example.com,bcc2@example.com',attachment);
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send mail','OK');
}

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

Parameters

Sample

var attachment = plugins.mail.createBinaryAttachment('embedded',plugins.file.readFile('c:/temp/a_logo.gif'));
var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
var smtphost = 'myserver.com';
var success = plugins.mail.sendMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', msgText,null,'unnamed@example.com',attachment,smtphost);
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send mail','OK');
}

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

Parameters

Sample

var attachment = plugins.mail.createBinaryAttachment('embedded',plugins.file.readFile('c:/temp/a_logo.gif'));
var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
//it is possbile to set all kind of smtp properties
var properties = new Array()
properties[0] = 'mail.smtp.host=myserver.com'
// properties specification can be found at:https://javaee.github.io/javamail/docs/api/com/sun/mail/smtp/package-summary.html
var success = plugins.mail.sendMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', msgText,null,'unnamed@example.com',attachment,properties);
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send mail','OK');
}

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

Parameters

Sample

var attachment1 = plugins.mail.createBinaryAttachment('embedded',plugins.file.readFile('c:/temp/a_logo.gif'));
var attachment2 = plugins.mail.createTextAttachment('embedded','A text attachement');
var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
var success = plugins.mail.sendMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', msgText,null,'bcc1@example.com,bcc2@example.com',[attachment1,attachment2]);
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send mail','OK');
}

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

Parameters

Sample

var attachment1 = plugins.mail.createBinaryAttachment('embedded',plugins.file.readFile('c:/temp/a_logo.gif'));
var attachment2 = plugins.mail.createTextAttachment('embedded','A text attachement');
var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
var smtphost = 'myserver.com';
var success = plugins.mail.sendMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', msgText,null,'unnamed@example.com',[attachment1,attachement2],smtphost);
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send mail','OK');
}

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

Parameters

Sample

var attachment1 = plugins.mail.createBinaryAttachment('embedded',plugins.file.readFile('c:/temp/a_logo.gif'));
var attachment2 = plugins.mail.createTextAttachment('embedded','A text attachement');
var msgText = 'plain msg<html>styled html msg<img src="%%embedded%%"></html>';
//it is possbile to set all kind of smtp properties
var properties = new Array()
properties[0] = 'mail.smtp.host=myserver.com'
// properties specification can be found at:https://javaee.github.io/javamail/docs/api/com/sun/mail/smtp/package-summary.html
var success = plugins.mail.sendMail('to_someone@example.com,to_someone_else@example.net', 'John Cobb <from_me@example.com>', 'subject', msgText,null,'unnamed@example.com',[attachment1,attachement2],properties);
if (!success)
{
	plugins.dialogs.showWarningDialog('Alert','Failed to send mail','OK');
}

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