SendEmail (Activity)
The SendEmail Activity sends an Email via SMTP, using a server it connects to. It also supports attachments, HTML bodies and Email templates.
| Send Email | |
|---|---|
| Name | SendEmail |
| Purpose | Send an Email via SMTP |
| Category | ControlFlow |
| Returns | True if successful |
| Version | 2.1.15+ |
Contents
Arguments
| Argument | Type | Direction | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attachments | Collection<Attachement> | In | A list of attachments |
| Bcc | String | In | A ';' separated list of blind copy recipients |
| Body | String | In | The body text of the Email |
| BodyTemplateFilePath | String | In | Path to the template to be used |
| Cc | String | In | A ';' separated list of copy recipients |
| EnableSsl | Boolean | In | True if the SMTP server requires SSL encryption, false if not |
| From | String | In | The Email Address to send from |
| Host | String | In | The name or the IP-Address of the SMTP server |
| Password | String | In | The password used for authentication on the SMTP server |
| Port | Integer | In | The port to use for SMTP connection; default is 25 |
| Result | Boolean | Out | Returns True on success, false on error |
| Subject | String | In | The subject of the Email |
| TestDropPath | String | In | A path to write the Email to as a file, instead of sending it |
| TestMailTo | String | In | A test recipient to send the Email to; will overrule the To argument if set |
| To | String | In | A ';' separated list of recipients |
| Tokens | Dictionary<string, string> | In | A list of keywords and replacements when using templates |
| UseHTML | Boolean | In | True to create the Email in HTML format, false to use plain text |
| Password | String | In | The user name used for authentication on the SMTP server |
Usage
This activity is typically used to send Emails during the execution of a workflow.
 | Sending is always asynchronous, so this activity will not block the execution of the workflow |
Example
Send an EMail with the number of MetaClasses that derive (direct and indirect) from the MetaClass of a given object. Use a (fictional) Gmail account.
| Argument | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Body | With kind regards from your Workflow! | |
| Cc | "TESTCC <testcc@augmensys.com>; whobert@augmensys.com" | |
| EnableSsl | True | |
| From | "UBIK Workflow <ubikworkflow@gmail.com>" | |
| Host | smtp.gmail.com | |
| Password | pAsSwOrD | |
| Port | 587 | |
| Subject | "Derivates of " + UBIKObject.Name + ": " + UBIKObject.MetaClass.AllDerivates.Count.ToString() | |
| To | "John Doe <john.doe@augmensys.com" | |
| UseHTML | True | |
| User | ubikworkflow@gmail.com |
