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792 Chapter 35: Sending and Receiving E-Mail
Sample uses of cfmail
An application page containing the
cfmail
tag dynamically generates e-mail messages based on
the tag’s settings. Some of the tasks that you can accomplish with
cfmail
include the following:
•
Sending a mail message in which the data the user enters in an HTML form determine the
recipient and contents
•
Using a query to send a mail message to a database-driven list of recipients
•
Using a query to send a customized mail message, such as a billing statement, to a list of
recipients that is dynamically populated from a database
•
Sending a MIME file attachment with a mail message
Sending form-based e-mail
In the following example, the contents of a customer inquiry form submittal are forwarded to the
marketing department. You could also use the same application page to insert the customer
inquiry into the database. You include the following code on your form so that it executes when
users enter their information and submit the form:
<cfmail
from="#Form.EMailAddress#"
to="marketing@MyCompany.com,sales@MyCompany.com"
subject="Customer Inquiry">
A customer inquiry was posted to our web site:
Name: #Form.FirstName# #Form.LastName#
Subject: #Form.Subject#
#Form.InquiryText#
</cfmail>
Sending query-based e-mail
In the following example, a query (ProductRequests) retrieves a list of the customers who inquired
about a product during the previous seven days. The list is then sent, with an appropriate header
and footer, to the marketing department:
<cfmail
query="ProductRequests"
from="webmaster@MyCompany.com"
to="marketing@MyCompany.com"
subject="Widget status report">
Here is a list of people who have inquired about
MyCompany Widgets during the previous seven days:
<cfoutput>
#ProductRequests.FirstName# #ProductRequests.LastName#
(#ProductRequests.Company#) - #ProductRequests.EMailAddress#&##013;
</cfoutput>
Regards,
The WebMaster
webmaster@MyCompany.com
</cfmail>