E-mail

The E-mail action sends an e-mail message to a dynamically created list of users. If required, you will be able to attach files from the Staging Browser to the emails.

Parameter descriptions

Parameter Description
Server Address The IP address of the mail server. It is possible to use a host name as long as the DNS can resolve it.
Server Port The port number where the mail server is installed (usually 25).
Connection security The E-mail action optionally supports Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) and STARTTLS security connections.
Authentication method Use the Authentication method drop-down to select No authentication or Normal password. When you select Normal password, the Username and Password parameters becomes available. Username and Password are required in order to log on to the mail server when the authentication method is normal password.
Username The user name to use to log on to the mail server.
Password The password associated with Username to log on to the mail server.
Content Type The Content Type allows you to select a plain text or html.
  • When text/plain is selected the SMTP expects the email in the plain text format.
  • When text/html is selected the SMTP expects the email in the html format.

Input tab

The Input tab is used to specify the sender of the e-mail and one or more recipients. You can also specify one or more files to attach to the e-mail.

Parameter Description
From The e-mail address of the sender of the message. The following describes how to specify an e-mail address of the sender as a constant value.
  1. From the Input tab, on the From row, select the Value column to display variables for the node, and then click Constant.
  2. When the Constant window appears, type the e-mail address for the sender of the e-mail, and then select OK.

    The e-mail address appears in the Value column.

    Alternatively, it is possible to specify a local variable. The following describes how to specify the From e-mail address as a local variable:
    1. Create the local variable. From the Variables tab of the current trigger, under Local Variables, click Add.
    2. In the New Variable window, fill in the parameters, and then clickAdd. The Default Value will be the from e-mail address.
    3. From the Input tab, on the From row, select the Value column, and then select the local variable. The from e-mail address is added to the Value column.

      The steps are similar when using a static variable or a device variable.
To Enter one or more e-mail addresses for the recipients of the message. To send the message to more than one person, separate each e-mail address with a comma. The following describes how to specify multiple e-mail addresses as a constant value:
  1. From the Input tab, on the To row, select the Value column to display variables for the node, and then click Constant.
  2. When the Constant window appears, type the e-mail address of each person to send the message, and then click OK.

    Be sure to separate each e-mail address with a comma. The e-mail addresses are added to the Value column.

    Alternatively, it is possible to specify a local variable to hold the e-mail addresses of the recipients of the message. The following describes how to specify the To e-mail addresses as a local variable:
    1. Create the local variable. From the Variables tab of the current trigger, under Local Variables, click Add.
    2. From the New Variable window, fill in the parameters as appropriate, and then click Add. Make sure the length of the string accommodates all of the e-mail addresses. The Default Value will be the e-mail addresses to use to send the message. Separate each e-mail address with a comma.
    3. From the Input tab, on the To row, select the Value column, and then select the appropriate local variable.

      The local variable is added to the Value column. The steps are similar when using a static variable or a device variable.
Cc Enter one or more e-mail address to use to send the message as a Carbon Copy. To send the message as a Carbon Copy to more than one person, separate each e-mail address with a comma. The value is a constant, local variable, static variable, or device variable. The steps to use a constant or variable to hold the e-mail addresses are similar to the To parameter.
Bcc Enter one or more e-mail address to use to send the message as a Blind Carbon Copy. To send the message as a Blind Carbon Copy to more than one person, separate each e-mail address with a comma. The value is a constant, local variable, static variable, or device variable. The steps to use a constant or variable to hold the e-mail addresses are similar to the To parameter.
Subject The subject of the e-mail. The value is a constant, local variable, static variable, or device variable. The steps to use a constant or variable to hold the subject are similar to the From parameter.
Message The text string that you want to include in the e-mail. The value is entered in a multi-line constant, local variable, static variable, or device variable. The steps to use a constant or variable to hold the message are similar to the From parameter. If you selected the Content Type as text/html, then message should be html coded. For example: <html><body><h1>Warning</h1><p>Received from value online</p></body></html>
Attachments The files that you want to include in the e-mail. Separate each attachment with a comma to send more than one attachment. The value is a constant, local variable, static variable, or device variable. The file must reside in the Staging Browser.

You must type the complete path and file name to attach the e-mail. For example:

Example E-mail action

A completed E-mail action might look like this:

When the E-mail action executes, an e-mail is sent to the addresses defined in the Local Variable ToAddresses, the addresses defined in the Cc parameter, and the addresses defined in the Local Variables bccAddress. The recipients will receive the e-mail with the message shown in the Message parameter in html format and with one attachment, the MobilNetworkCarrier.csv file.