utilities - send_email

The send_email module provides classes for sending emails from Jython.

The code automatically sets the charset of the mail to utf-8 when non-ascii characters are detected.

Classes

_Email

Base class that all other classes inherit from.

Methods

Function	Parameters	Return Value	Description
_Email.send`(self)`			Sends the email using the SMTP server configured in smtp_server_adress

SimpleEmail

Methods

Function	Parameters	Return Value	Description
SimpleEmail.__init__`(self, subject, from_address, recipients, message_text)`	subject: subject of the email from_address: address the email was sent from recipients: list of email addresses of all recipients message_text: plain text message	`SimpleEmail` instance	Initializes a new `SimpleEmail` object

HtmlEmail

Methods

Function	Parameters	Return Value	Description
HtmlEmail.__init__`(self, subject, from_address, recipients, html_content, plain_text_content='')`	subject: subject of the email from_address: address the email should appear to be sent from recipients: list of email addresses of all recipients html_content: HTML content of the message plain_text_content: plain text fallback to send with the email	`HtmlEmail` instance	Initializes a new `HtmlEmail` object

Examples

Sending a plain text email

PY

from customizing import utilities

message_text = u'''This is an example message text!

It contains multiple lines!
And even some non ascii characters! Ä Ö Ü'''

email = utilities.SimpleEmail(subject='Example email',
                              from_address='you@yourcompany.com',
                              recipients=['someone@yourcompany.com'],
                              message_text=message_text)
email.send()