MailNode

Introduction

Mailnode is a simple Zope item that provides a tool that can :

• send mails with file attachments ;
• send HTML mails, and automatically generate the plain-text alternative ;
• check an error mailbox and notify the application if the sending goes wrong.

Synopsis

Call structure in Zope (return a msg-id)

parameters = {
 'to': 'receiver@mail.com',
 'subject': 'Sujet du mail',
 'body': """Le corps du mail
            sur plusieurs lignes""",
 'attachment': ['/home/user/document.pdf', fd2, 'fichier3.pdf', ...]
}
context.Mailnode.sendMail(parameters)

You can provide a dictionary or use keyword arguments. You can also create a (non-persistent) mail object, fill it by calling method on it, and then send it.

Dependencies

• lynx is required for HTML to text conversion.

Installation

1. Untar the product in the Products/ directory.
2. Restart your Zope instance.
3. Install the product with Add/Remove products or with the quick-installer.

Configuration

The tool has several editable properties. There name should be clear enough.

Errors control

Another feature of Mailnode can check periodically an 'error' POP mailbox, to take care of the sending problems. This will require extra setup.