Description
Sends a message via an email.
How to work with credentials
To start using this activity, you first need to enter your credentials.
The button to add new credentials.
This article describes in detail the process of adding credentials.
The Yahoo mail services requires using an application password. You can learn how to do it in this instruction. Make sure to set up the credentials using the application password.
Parameters
Host and login
Click the drop-down list and select the host/login pair. Or start typing the hostname or login for fast search.
Server settings
Enables you to specify the server settings that are used for email exchange.
- Custom: allows you to manually type the server address in the 'Server host' field and choose a secure connection. Please note that at the moment, when you select this option and create a new account, in the "Login" line must be entered login with domain (example@example.com). If you enter the login without a domain - the recipient will not see the name of the sender.
- No authorization - if this checkbox is checked, it is not necessary to specify the host and login parameters, so the email will be sent without specifying a personalized sender. If the checkbox is not checked - you must specify the host and login of the service used to send emails.
- Secure connection - if this checkbox is checked, then the connection will be performed using TLS.
- Yandex: default settings for the 'Yandex' server are applied.
- Google: default settings for the 'Google' server are applied.
- Yahoo: default settings for the 'Yahoo' server are applied.
- Mail.ru: default settings for the 'Mail.ru' server are applied.
- iCloud: default settings for the 'iCloud' server are applied.
Mail to
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Set a value: enables you to directly write the email to receive a message.
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Save the previous step result: chooses the previous activity result as an email.
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Calculate a value: enables you to use available properties and methods to form an email.
If the 'Send copy to sender' option is selected, then the sender of the email message will be added to the blind copy.
Mail CC
- Set a value: enables you to directly write the email which will be added as a copy email address to the message.
- Save the previous step result: chooses the previous activity result as an email.
- Calculate a value: enables you to use available properties and methods to form an email.
Mail BCC
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Set a value: enables you to type the email to be added as a Blind Carbon Copy to the message.
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Save the previous step result: chooses the previous activity result as an email.
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Calculate a value: enables you to use available properties and methods to form an email.
;.Subject
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Set a value: enables you to directly provide an email subject text.
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Save the previous step result: chooses the previous activity result as a subject.
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Calculate a value: enables you to use available properties and methods to form a subject.
Mail body
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Set a value: enables you to write an email message text directly.
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Save the previous step result: chooses the previous activity result as a text to write.
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Calculate a value: enables you to use available properties and methods to form an email message text.
Attachment
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Set a value: enables you to directly write a path to the file that is to be attached. Clicking the 'Pick' button allows you to manually choose the path.
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Save the previous step result: chooses the previous activity result as a path.
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Calculate a value: enables you to use available properties and methods to form a path.
If the "Add directory" checkbox is selected, all files from the specified directory will be sent as attachments. All the options above are applied to a folder path, not to a file path.
To specify several files to be attached, use the following format of the path (in the “Calculate a value” option):
["C:\\Users\\ElectroNeek\\Desktop\\attachment\\request.neek","C:\\Users\\ElectroNeek\\Desktop\\attachment\\main.neek"]
Emails Limit
This parameter allows you to set the number of emails to be sent.
Sending emails to multiple recipients
This activity allows you to send emails to several recipients at a time. To specify two or more email addresses as recipients, use “;” or “,” as a separator.
For example:
Comment
Contains an annotation of the activity. The input text will be displayed above the activity name.
This activity can be used every time when you need to send an email. For example, you can configure your workflow the way that it will send an email message with the process results to responsible people before finishing.