Still doesnt work for me, so I will stick to my hackish way for now till I can look into it in more detail.
On Monday, September 24, 2012 2:58:17 AM UTC+1, howesc wrote: > > i remember this documented way to send HTML emails by sending a list of > messages, first item in the list is plaintext, second item is HTML. > http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/08#Combining-text-and-HTML-emails > > actually, this is new to me, and apparently what you are using: > http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/08#HTML-emails > > i would expect that you can use my response.render technique with the just > HTML version that you used. i saw a note on another thread recently that > you must start your template with <html> (no spaces or newlines at the top) > to get it to work properly. > > let us know if you have further issues! > > cfh > > On Sunday, September 23, 2012 6:27:33 PM UTC-7, Pystar wrote: >> >> I havent tried your method, but I got it working in a rather hackish way >> using simple string interpolation.This is what I did >> >> message = "<html><body>Dear %user, welcome to my site</body></html>" % >> ("pystar") >> mail.send(to="blabla", subject="blabla", message=message) >> >> That way, I can send HTML messages with inserted variables. But it would >> have been great if sending HTML emails worked out of the box >> >> On Monday, September 24, 2012 2:07:28 AM UTC+1, howesc wrote: >>> >>> here is what i do... >>> >>> >>> def connect_mail(): >>> """ >>> init the mail module >>> """ >>> mail = Mail() # mailer >>> mail.settings.server = 'gae' # your SMTP server >>> mail.settings.sender='authorized sender <nor...@adomain.com>' # >>> your email >>> return mail >>> >>> >>> text_message = response.render('email/order_conf.txt', >>> retval) >>> html_message = response.render('email/order_conf.html', >>> retval) >>> >>> >>> logging.info(database.connect_mail().send(to=retval['customer']. >>> email, >>> >>> subject="Online Order Confirmation - [%s]"%thisorder.id >>> , >>> message=(text_message, html_message), >>> bcc=site_setting.get_site_settings_dict().setdefault( >>> 'order_email_bcc','no...@noone.com').split(','))) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> that sends email with plaintext and html formatted content, with a bcc. >>> >>> cfh >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, September 23, 2012 5:23:16 PM UTC-7, Pystar wrote: >>>> >>>> Is there a work around, I really need to send HTML emails or how can I >>>> include a clickable link inside a text email on GAE? >>>> >>>> On Monday, September 24, 2012 1:17:26 AM UTC+1, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I am not sure GAE supports HTML messages. Does it? >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, 23 September 2012 19:13:20 UTC-5, Pystar wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> The thing is that I can send ordinary text messages, but sending html >>>>>> messages fails. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Monday, September 24, 2012 12:52:42 AM UTC+1, howesc wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> did you check the GAE logs? remember that GAE won't send emails >>>>>>> unless the from address is at least a viewer of the GAE application. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> please double check the GAE logs for warning messages....i think >>>>>>> that is how google logs them. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> cfh >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sunday, September 23, 2012 3:35:16 PM UTC-7, Pystar wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> These are the settings: >>>>>>>> auth.settings.register_onaccept = [messenger] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> mail=auth.settings.mailer >>>>>>>> mail.settings.server = 'gae' >>>>>>>> mail.settings.sender = 'user...@gmail.com' >>>>>>>> mail.settings.login = 'username:password' >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> def messenger(form): >>>>>>>> context = dict(uniqueid=form.vars.uniqueid, >>>>>>>> first_name=form.vars.first_name) >>>>>>>> message = response.render("message.html", context) >>>>>>>> mail.send(to=form.vars.email, subject="welcome to ICOP >>>>>>>> NIGERIA!", message=[None, message]) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The surprising thing is that it works perfectly on localhost but >>>>>>>> fails silently on GAE. >>>>>>>> I need help, its URGENT. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sunday, September 23, 2012 10:41:45 PM UTC+1, Massimo Di Pierro >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Do you get an error? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sunday, 23 September 2012 16:10:35 UTC-5, Pystar wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> sending emails on gae doesnt work although it works perfectly on >>>>>>>>>> localhost. >>>>>>>>>> I am using "gae" as settings >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> --
