email writer
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Use When |
An email needs to be sent |
Samples |
You have a situation or business event where someone needs to be notified via email. |
Description |
The Email Writer is used to send one or multiple emails to one or multiple recipients. The Email Writer can take one or more input messages. The writer will be executed according to the 'Run When' setting. Depending on the setting and the type of input message the email settings (subject, body, to …) that have tokens will be filled out. Attachments can also be included with the email message. The file(s) to be attached must be located on the local server of the Metl instance. |
Inbound Message Type |
Any |
Output Message Type |
Text Based Message |
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Resource |
A mail server session. If this is left blank, then the global mail server session will be used |
Subject |
The subject line for the email. This can be templated |
Body |
The body text for the email. This can be templated |
FROM: |
The from line for the email. If this is not set, the value will be used that is configured in the resource |
TO: |
The TO line for the email. This can be templated. The TO values can also be provided from a source step |
CC: |
The CC line for the email. This can be templated. The CC values can also be provided from a source step |
BCC: |
The BCC line for the email. This can be templated. The BCC values can also be provided from a source step |
Source Step For Email Addresses |
This is optional. If the recipients come from a database or source file this can be used to feed them to the component |
Source Step Email Addresses Type |
How to use the source recipients. Values can be TO, CC, and BCC |
One Email per Recipient |
Setting that indicates if multiple emails should be sent or just one |
Include Attachment |
Setting that indicates if an attachment should be included with the email sent |
Attachment File Full Path |
Fully qualified local server file path. To include multiple attachments include a pipe '|' between files. For example: C:\Temp\testfile.txt|C:\Some Folder\My Filename Here.pdf |
Run When |
When this component should send email |