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• A5_EMAIL_FILTER_BUILDER Function
• a5_email_name_extract Function
• a5_email_ob_to_ib Function
• A5_EMAIL_PROFILES_ENUM Function
• A5_EMAIL_VALID Function
• a5_get_saved_email Function
• A5_IS_EMAIL_VALID Function
• A5_RUN_NETMAILER_JOB Function
• A5_RUN_SAVED_ZIP_JOB Function
• a5_savetowebappemailoutbox Function
• a5_showemailsettings Function
• EMAIL_CLIENT Function
• email_client_auto Function
• EMAIL_CLIENT_EXTERNAL Function
• EMAIL_GET_ACTIVE Function
• EMAIL_GET_FIELD Function
• EMAIL_POP_CLOSE Function
• EMAIL_POP_HEADERS Function
• EMAIL_POP_LIST Function
• EMAIL_POP_OPEN Function
• EMAIL_POP_RETR Function
• EMAIL_POP_RETR_UI Function
• email_profile_add Function
• email_profile_delete Function
• EMAIL_PROFILE_LOAD Function
• EMAIL_PROFILE_SAVE Function
• EMAIL_PROFILE_VALID Function
• EMAIL_READER_OPEN Function
• EMAIL_RECEIVE Function
• EMAIL_SAVE_ATTACH Function
• EMAIL_SELECT_PROFILE Function
• EMAIL_SEND Function
• EMAIL_SEND2 Function
• email_send_gmail Function
• Email_send_low Function
• email_send_mandrill Function
• email_send_noprofile Function
• email_send_sendgrid Function
• email_send_sparkpost Function
• email_send_web Function
• EMAIL_SET_ACTIVE Function
• EMAIL_SMTP_CLOSE Function
• EMAIL_SMTP_OPEN Function
• EMAIL_SMTP_SEND Function
• emailsendcdo Function
• SYS_RESOLVE_URL Function

email_send_gmail Function

Syntax

Arguments

gmail_email_addressCharacter

The gmail account.

gmail_email_passwordCharacter

The password for the gmail account

toCharacter

The recipient's e-mail address. This can be a comma delimited list of addresses.

fromCharacter

The sender's e-mail address. If the from parameter is blank (i.e. ""), the gmail_email_address will be used.

subjectCharacter

The message subject

html_bodyCharacter

The message in HTML format. Leave blank to specify the message as plain text using the text_body argument.

text_bodyCharacter

The message in plaintext format. If the html_body property is blank, the text_body will be used instead.

ccCharacter

A comma delimited list of addresses to "CC".

bccCharacter

A comma delimited list of address to "BCC".

attachmentsCharacter

A comma delimited list of attachments.

Returns

ResultLogical

Returns .T. if operations succeeds. Otherwise .F.

Description

Send email using the Gmail SMTP server.

Discussion

The email_send_gmail() function sends an email using Gmail's SMTP server. The Gmail account MUST be configured to use 2 factor authentication and the password MUST be a generated password that you have generated for the Gmail account. For example:

Example

dim gmail_email_address as c = "[email protected]"
dim gmail_email_password as c = "my gmail email password"
dim from as c = "[email protected]"
dim to as c = "[email protected]"
dim subject as c = "Demo follow-up"
dim html_body as c =<<%html%
Hello Ms. Meadow,
<br><br>
Thank you for taking the time to evaluate Product Co!
Did you have any questions about yesterday's demo? 
I am here to answer <em>any</em> questions you may have. 
I look forward to hearing from you!
<br><br>

Sincerely,<br>
Jane Doe<br>
<strong>Product Co - <em>We have your solutions!</em></strong>
%html%

dim text_body as c = ""
dim cc as c = ""
dim bcc as c = ""
dim attachments as c = "C:\logos\productCoLogo.png"

dim result as l
result = email_send_gmail(gmail_email_address,gmail_email_password,to,from,subject,html_body,text_body,cc,bcc,attachments)

See Also

• Email Functions