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activMail Code Examples


Send An Email
    The following code will send an email to bob@jones.com, fred@jones.com, and buddy@jones.com

    <CF_MAIL
       TO="bob@jones.com,fred@jones.com,buddy@jones.com"
       FROM="Billy Jones <billy@jones.com>"
       SUBJECT="Billy's got a new cow">
     Hi, just wanted to announce that I've got a new cow!
    </CF_MAIL>

Send a personalized email using a database
    The next example selects email addresses from a query, and dynamically makes the
    TO list using CF's ValueList() function. This example will also send a multi-part message, because
    both TEXTMESSAGE and HTMLMESSAGE is specified. This will also generate
    a verbose logfile with the date in the filename.

    <cfquery name="qry" datasource="ds">
        SELECT email, name
       FROM farmers
     </cfquery>

    <CF_MAIL
       QUERY="qry"
       FROM="Billy Jones <billy@jones.com>"
       TO="email"
       SUBJECT="Hey %name% I got a new cow"
       VERBOSE="1"
       TOKENS="1"
       TYPE="HTML"
       TEXTMESSAGE="Hi %name%, just wanted to announce that I've got a new cow.">
     Hi %name%, just wanted to announce that <b>I've got a new cow</b>.
    </CF_MAIL>

    The following QUERY could be used to generate an address that looks like First Last <email@address.com>
    with fields in a database named FirstName, LastName, and Email. Using this
    format recipients will see their name in the TO box of the message, instead of just the email address.


    <cfquery name="qry" datasource="ds">
        SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL OFF
       SELECT firstname + ' ' + lastname + ' <' + email + '>' AS Email
       FROM users
     </cfquery>
    Note: SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL OFF is used to prevent SQL Server from making the result
    of the concatenation NULL if any of the fields are null. If your name, and email
    address fields do not allow nulls then you may remove that line. If your email address
    field allows NULL's and you are concatenating with a name, you should add an extra statement to the
    where clause that removes null addresses (eg WHERE email <> ''). The above example was designed for
    SQL Server, if you are running other servers check your database server's documentation.
Using SMTP Authentication
    Add your SMTP username and password to the SERVER attribute using the
    pattern user:password@server:port

    <CF_MAIL
       TO="bob@jones.com,fred@jones.com,buddy@jones.com"
       FROM="Billy Jones <billy@jones.com>"
       SERVER="billy:password@mail.server.com"
       SUBJECT="Billy's got a new cow">
     Hi, just wanted to announce that I've got a new cow!
    </CF_MAIL>

Using Multiple SMTP Servers
    Add a comma seperated list of mail servers in the SERVER attribute using the
    pattern user:password@server:port user password and port are optional

    <CF_MAIL
       TO="bob@jones.com,fred@jones.com,buddy@jones.com"
       FROM="Billy Jones <billy@jones.com>"
       SERVER="smtp1.server.com,billy:password@smtp2.server.com,
    smtp3.server.com:2525,billy:pwd@smtp4.server.com:25"
       SUBJECT="Billy's got a new cow">
     Hi, just wanted to announce that I've got a new cow!
    </CF_MAIL>


Sending an attachment

    Use the file attribute to specify an attachment.

    <CF_MAIL
       TO="bob@jones.com,fred@jones.com,buddy@jones.com"
       FROM="Billy Jones <billy@jones.com>"
       SUBJECT="Billy's got a new cow">

    Hi, check out the attached picture of my new cow

         <cf_mailattachment file="c:\cow001.jpg" type="image/jpeg" name="billysCow.jpg">

    </CF_MAIL>
Embeding an image in HTML Email

    Use the CID attribute to embed an image into HTML message

    <CF_MAIL
       TO="bob@jones.com,fred@jones.com,buddy@jones.com"
       FROM="Billy Jones <billy@jones.com>"
       TYPE="html"
       SUBJECT="Billy's got a new cow">

    Hi, check out the picture of my new cow:

     <img src="cid:cow" id="cow">

         <cf_mailattachment file="c:\cow001.jpg" type="image/jpeg" cid="cow">

    </CF_MAIL>
Sending an alternative message part

    You want to send rich text email that can be read by AOL 6.0 users

    <CF_MAIL
       TO="bob@jones.com,fred@jones.com,buddy@jones.com"
       FROM="Billy Jones <billy@jones.com>"
       TYPE="html"
       TEXTMESSAGE="I got a new cow"
       SUBJECT="Billy's got a new cow">

    I got a new <b>cow</b>

         <cf_mailattachment file="c:\aol.html" type="text/x-aol" alternative="true" disposition="inline">

    </CF_MAIL>
Adding a custom header

    Use the CF_MailAttachment tag to add a custom header to the email message.

    <CF_MAIL
       TO="bob@jones.com,fred@jones.com,buddy@jones.com"
       FROM="Billy Jones <billy@jones.com>"
       SUBJECT="Billy's got a new cow">

    I got a new cow

         <cf_mailheader name="X-Mailer" value="Billys Mail Server Farm">

    </CF_MAIL>
Setting the message importance

    You can set the Importance header to Low, Normal, or High.


    <CF_MAIL
       TO="bob@jones.com,fred@jones.com,buddy@jones.com"
       FROM="Billy Jones <billy@jones.com>"
       SUBJECT="Billy's got a new cow">

    I got a new cow

         <cf_mailheader name="Importance" value="High">

    </CF_MAIL>
Setting the message Precedence

    Its a good idea to set the precedence to bulk when sending bulk email.

    <CF_MAIL
       TO="bob@jones.com,fred@jones.com,buddy@jones.com"
       FROM="Billy Jones <billy@jones.com>"
       SUBJECT="Billy's got a new cow">

    I got a new cow

         <cf_mailheader name="Precedence" value="bulk">

    </CF_MAIL>



  


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