Sending email to bcc or cc using email_send_sparkpost()

[Progytech]

Hi all,
I am replacing my email_send_mandrill code with email_send_sparkpost() as many due to the changes in Mandrill licensing, but I am having issues sending email to "bcc" and "cc" using the same code as with Mandrill, does anybody have successfully use email_send_sparkpost() including "bcc" or "cc" emails?

I am using code like this below which is working, except that for "BCC" or "CC" email addresses I am not getting any email.

dim ms as p
            ms.send_to = "[email protected]:Optional friendly name for John              Smith,[email protected]"

ms.send_to_bcc = "[email protected]"
ms.send_to_cc = "[email protected]"
            
ms.from_email = "[email protected]"
            ms.from_name = "Sales at Acme" 'friendly name - optional
            ms.subject = "Information You Requested"
            ms.message_html = "Here is the <b>information</b> you requested."
            dim key as c = "your sparkpostkey"
            pp = email_send_SparkPost(key,ms)

Again, with above code using real emails, I get emails for ms.send_to, but I don't get ms.send_to_bcc or ms.send_to_cc emails.

As always any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.

[Davidk]

Re: Sending email to bcc or cc using email_send_sparkpost()

It may be that the Alpha SparkPost function doesn't (yet) have the option for including cc and bcc. Here's a SparkPost article which talks about how to provide the JSON required for cc and bcc. Using this, you'd have to provide your own SparkPost function (most likely cURL) to allow these options.

https://support.sparkpost.com/custom...-api?b_id=7411

[Progytech]

Re: Sending email to bcc or cc using email_send_sparkpost()

Hi David,

Thanks very much for the link and the recommendations, they are very helpful.

I got a email from Jerry letting me know that this functionality was missing from current function but that has been fixed and will be included in the next pre-release.

[AdyAlex]

Re: Sending email to bcc or cc using email_send_sparkpost()

Hi Guys
Has anyone got an idea how to send email as a PDF attachment using ONLY SMTP please? All of the code that I can find has Mandrill as the example.
Here is my current code. It send but does not add an attachment to the email.

function email_sendsmtp_only as c(e as P)

dim passwd as c = "thepassword"
dim pm as P
dim ps as P

dim b as b
dim key as c
key = e.fileSessionKey

session.GetDataFromFile(b,key)
dim size as n
size = b.size()
if size = 0 then
emailreport = "alert('Report was NOT sent - Too Small.');"
exit function
end if

if (email_smtp_open(ps,"mail.domain.co.uk",587,"[email protected]",passwd,"None")) then
pm.to = e._currentRowDataNew.sendto
'pm.to = "[email protected]"
pm.from = "[email protected]"
pm.subject = "Landlord Report"
pm.html_message = "Hello world with report1"


dim pm.attachmentsArray(1) as p
pm.attachmentsArray[1].name = "Report1.pdf"
pm.attachmentsArray[1].type = resolve_mime_type("pdf")
pm.attachmentsArray[1].content = base64encode(b)
dim pResult as p


pResult = email_smtp_send(pm,ps)


end if
email_smtp_close(ps)

end function

[Steve Wood]

Re: Sending email to bcc or cc using email_send_sparkpost()

Adrian,

You are combining instructions for email_smtp_send() with the mandrill function. If you are going to use email_smtp_send() then you just set your attachments per the instructions for THAT function, like:

pm.attachments = <<%str%
C:\dev\test.zip
C:\my documents\report.zip
%str%

or

pm.attachments = "C:\dev\test.zip,C:\my documents\report.zip"

[AdyAlex]

Re: Sending email to bcc or cc using email_send_sparkpost()

Thank you, Steve

I added the following Line at the top of the xbasic function

dim reportName as C = e.reportFilename

and then used your this line for the attachment

pm.attachments = reportName

It all works fine now. One thing I would Like to address though. How do I set the name of the attachment when it is placed in the email? My email attachments are being name like this
TMP2A46.pdf was one
TMP1750.pdf was another
It would be good if they could be the reportName or a name of my choice.

Thanks Again

[AdyAlex]

Sending email with attachment using SMTP ONLY

I hope that this can help someone else as it took me a while to figure this out.

To send an email with an attachment using only SMTP.

function email_sendsmtp_only as c(e as P)

dim passwd as c = "thepassword"
dim reportName as C = e.reportFilename

dim pm as P
dim ps as P

dim b as b
dim key as c
key = e.fileSessionKey

session.GetDataFromFile(b,key)
dim size as n
size = b.size()
if size = 0 then
emailreport = "alert('Report was NOT sent - Too Small.');"
exit function
end if

if (email_smtp_open(ps,"smtp.domain.co.uk",your_port_number_ie_25,"email_address_to_send_from.co.uk",passwd,"None")) then
pm.to = e._currentRowDataNew.sendto 'name of field on the UX that has the email address
'pm.to = "[email protected]" ' uncomment this line to always send to the same address
pm.from = "[email protected]"
pm.subject = "Your Email Subject Here"
pm.html_message = "Hello world Body of Email Message"


pm.attachments = reportName

email_smtp_send(pm,ps)


end if
email_smtp_close(ps)

end function