[Pharo-project] MailMessage
Hello all, I am looking for a way to format text in email. Html comes to mind (yes, I hate those emails too, but it would work and the recipients don't know any better<g>), as does attaching a file with the data. I recently had to switch smtp servers, and for whatever reason, can no longer send html email. The server says it accepted it, but the mail is never delivered; send plain text through it, and it works. It could simply be that the server wants no part of html email, but it would be nice to repeat the test with another client, and/or try attachments as a solution to my problem. I found MailMessage, and could not figure out how to set the recipient. After some searching, I found 151 on Mantis; it is a five year old fix from Frank Shearer for adding recipients. If I had to guess, things are still broken, but I will try it and see what happens. Sending this now while I'm thinking about it. If anybody knows a way around my current problems, please don't feel that you would be cheating me out of the fun of solving it myself :) Bill
I had a problem with Email and the character encoding. Sending mail with the character 'ÃÃÃ' inside the mail body killed the mail server. So - look at correct encoding of the message text. Marco Schmidt -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr [mailto:pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr] Im Auftrag von Schwab,Wilhelm K Gesendet: Freitag, 13. November 2009 01:29 An: Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr Betreff: [Pharo-project] MailMessage Hello all, I am looking for a way to format text in email. Html comes to mind (yes, I hate those emails too, but it would work and the recipients don't know any better<g>), as does attaching a file with the data. I recently had to switch smtp servers, and for whatever reason, can no longer send html email. The server says it accepted it, but the mail is never delivered; send plain text through it, and it works. It could simply be that the server wants no part of html email, but it would be nice to repeat the test with another client, and/or try attachments as a solution to my problem. I found MailMessage, and could not figure out how to set the recipient. After some searching, I found 151 on Mantis; it is a five year old fix from Frank Shearer for adding recipients. If I had to guess, things are still broken, but I will try it and see what happens. Sending this now while I'm thinking about it. If anybody knows a way around my current problems, please don't feel that you would be cheating me out of the fun of solving it myself :) Bill _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
Marco, Does that imply that you have had success otherwise? How did you send the mail? I _think_ it ultimately goes through SMTPClient, but it's a real rats' nest and I could be missing something. Also, how did you create the message? Most of the examples seem to have the headers created "in the text" as opposed to generating them from supplied aspects :( Interestingly, I am having trouble sending a plain-text message from Pharo. I _have_ had success sending an attachment. I have not bothered to see if I can read the result, but the server delivered it, and LookOut!! seems to think there is something attached to the message. The weird thing is that my attemps to send plain text resulted in (superficially at least) a reasonable conversation with the server (I added enough tracing to see the sends and the server's responses). The server reports accepting the message for delivery, but it never arrrives. I am **reasonbly** certain my email address is correct, but obviously that is something that needs to be re-re-re-checked. Something in Mantis made reference to <> around email addresses; I think it was only in the case of multiple recipients, but it is worth a look. The server reports itself as sendmail, but it would not surprise me if it another piece of Microsoft crap-ware that claims to be something it is not. Bill -----Original Message----- From: pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr [mailto:pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr] On Behalf Of Schmidt, Marco Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 3:42 AM To: Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] MailMessage I had a problem with Email and the character encoding. Sending mail with the character 'ÃÃÃ' inside the mail body killed the mail server. So - look at correct encoding of the message text. Marco Schmidt -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr [mailto:pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr] Im Auftrag von Schwab,Wilhelm K Gesendet: Freitag, 13. November 2009 01:29 An: Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr Betreff: [Pharo-project] MailMessage Hello all, I am looking for a way to format text in email. Html comes to mind (yes, I hate those emails too, but it would work and the recipients don't know any better<g>), as does attaching a file with the data. I recently had to switch smtp servers, and for whatever reason, can no longer send html email. The server says it accepted it, but the mail is never delivered; send plain text through it, and it works. It could simply be that the server wants no part of html email, but it would be nice to repeat the test with another client, and/or try attachments as a solution to my problem. I found MailMessage, and could not figure out how to set the recipient. After some searching, I found 151 on Mantis; it is a five year old fix from Frank Shearer for adding recipients. If I had to guess, things are still broken, but I will try it and see what happens. Sending this now while I'm thinking about it. If anybody knows a way around my current problems, please don't feel that you would be cheating me out of the fun of solving it myself :) Bill _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
My code is as follows: ==== BuildAndSendMail>>deliverMailFrom: fromAddress to: recipientList text: messageText SeasidePlatformSupport deliverMailFrom: fromAddress to: recipientList text: messageText BuildAndSendMail>>send: model | recipients messageText subjectText bodyText headerText | recipients := self recipents: model. headerText := 'Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"utf-8\"', String crlf, 'Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit'. bodyText := (self messageTextForModel: model) convertToWithConverter: UTF8TextConverter new. subjectText := 'Subject: ' , 'Ihre Kartenreservierung (' , Date current asString , ')'. messageText := headerText, String crlf, subjectText , String crlf , bodyText. self deliverMailFrom: '<xxx@xxxx.xxx>' to: recipients text: messageText ==== For me the trick was "convertToWithConverter: UTF8TextConverter new." After adding this conversion my postfix server accepted the generated mails. My defect happens only connecting from a unix host. Connecting to the mail server from a windows host works fine. Marco Schmidt 2009/11/14 Schwab,Wilhelm K <bschwab@anest.ufl.edu>:
Marco,
Does that imply that you have had success otherwise? Â How did you send the mail? Â I _think_ it ultimately goes through SMTPClient, but it's a real rats' nest and I could be missing something. Â Also, how did you create the message? Â Most of the examples seem to have the headers created "in the text" as opposed to generating them from supplied aspects :(
Interestingly, I am having trouble sending a plain-text message from Pharo. Â I _have_ had success sending an attachment. I have not bothered to see if I can read the result, but the server delivered it, and LookOut!! seems to think there is something attached to the message.
The weird thing is that my attemps to send plain text resulted in (superficially at least) a reasonable conversation with the server (I added enough tracing to see the sends and the server's responses). Â The server reports accepting the message for delivery, but it never arrrives. Â I am **reasonbly** certain my email address is correct, but obviously that is something that needs to be re-re-re-checked.
Something in Mantis made reference to <> around email addresses; I think it was only in the case of multiple recipients, but it is worth a look. Â The server reports itself as sendmail, but it would not surprise me if it another piece of Microsoft crap-ware that claims to be something it is not.
Bill
-----Original Message----- From: pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr [mailto:pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr] On Behalf Of Schmidt, Marco Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 3:42 AM To: Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] MailMessage
I had a problem with Email and the character encoding. Sending mail with the character 'ÃÃÃ' inside the mail body killed the mail server. So - look at correct encoding of the message text.
Marco Schmidt
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr [mailto:pharo-project-bounces@lists.gforge.inria.fr] Im Auftrag von Schwab,Wilhelm K Gesendet: Freitag, 13. November 2009 01:29 An: Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr Betreff: [Pharo-project] MailMessage
Hello all,
I am looking for a way to format text in email. Â Html comes to mind (yes, I hate those emails too, but it would work and the recipients don't know any better<g>), as does attaching a file with the data.
I recently had to switch smtp servers, and for whatever reason, can no longer send html email. Â The server says it accepted it, but the mail is never delivered; send plain text through it, and it works.
It could simply be that the server wants no part of html email, but it would be nice to repeat the test with another client, and/or try attachments as a solution to my problem. Â I found MailMessage, and could not figure out how to set the recipient.
After some searching, I found 151 on Mantis; it is a five year old fix from Frank Shearer for adding recipients. Â If I had to guess, things are still broken, but I will try it and see what happens. Â Sending this now while I'm thinking about it.
If anybody knows a way around my current problems, please don't feel that you would be cheating me out of the fun of solving it myself :)
Bill
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