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How to use Mail task

Mail

Description

A task to send SMTP email.

This task can send mail using either plain text, UU encoding, or MIME format mail, depending on what is available.

SMTP auth and SSL/TLS require JavaMail and are only available in MIME format.

Attachments may be sent using nested fileset elements.

Note: This task may depend on external libraries that are not included in the Ant distribution. See Library Dependencies for more information.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
from	Email address of sender.	Either a `from` attribute, or a `<from>` element.
replyto	Replyto email address.	No
tolist	Comma-separated list of recipients.	At least one of these, or the equivalent elements.
cclist	Comma-separated list of recipients to carbon copy
bcclist	Comma-separated list of recipients to carbon copy
message	Message to send in the body of the email.	One of these or a `<message>` element.
messagefile	File to send as the body of the email. Property values in the file will be expanded.	One of these or a `<message>` element.
messagemimetype	The content type of the message. The default is `text/plain`.	No
files	Files to send as attachments to the email. Separate multiple file names using a comma or space. You can also use `<fileset>` elements to specify files.	No
failonerror	flag to indicate whether to halt the build on any error. The default value is `true`.	No.
includefilenames	Include filename(s) before file contents. Valid only when the `plain` encoding is used. The default value is `false`.	No
mailhost	Host name of the SMTP server. The default value is `localhost`.	No
mailport	TCP port of the SMTP server. The default value is 25.	No
user	user name for SMTP auth	Yes, if SMTP auth is required on your SMTP server the email message will be then sent using Mime and requires JavaMail
password	password for SMTP auth	Yes, if SMTP auth is required on your SMTP server the email message will be then sent using Mime and requires JavaMail
ssl	"true", "on" or "yes" accepted here indicates whether you need TLS/SSL	No
encoding	Specifies the encoding to use for the content of the email. Values are `mime`, `uu`, `plain`, or `auto`. The default value is `auto`. `uu` or `plain` are not compatible with SMTP auth	No
charset	Character set of the email. You can also set the charset in the message nested element. These options are mutually exclusive.	No
subject	Email subject line.	No

Note regarding the attributes containing email addresses

Since ant 1.6, the attributes from, replyto, tolist, cclist, bcclist can contain email addresses of the form :

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
name < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it >
< This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it > name
(name) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (name)

You need to enter the angle brackets as XML entities > and <.

Parameters specified as nested elements

to / cc / bcc / from/ replyto

Adds an email address element. It takes the following attributes:

Attribute	Description	Required
name	The display name for the address.	No
address	The email address.	Yes

message

Specifies the message to include in the email body. It takes the following attributes:

Attribute	Description	Required
src	The file to use as the message.	No
mimetype	The content type to use for the message.	No
charset	Character set of the message You can also set the charset as attribute of the enclosing mail task. These options are mutually exclusive.	No

If the src attribute is not specified, then text can be added inside the <message> element. Property expansion will occur in the message, whether it is specified as an external file or as text within the <message> element.

Examples

<mail from="me"
      tolist="you"
      subject="Results of nightly build"
      files="build.log"/>

Sends an email from me to you with a subject of Results of nightly build and includes the contents of the file build.log in the body of the message.

<mail mailhost="smtp.myisp.com" mailport="1025" subject="Test build">
  <from address="
 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 "/>
  <replyto address="
 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 "/>

  <to address="
 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 "/>
  <message>The ${buildname} nightly build has completed</message>
  <fileset dir="dist">
    <include name="**/*.zip"/>

  </fileset>
</mail>

Sends an eMail from This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with a subject of Test Build. Replies to this email will go to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Any zip files from the dist directory are attached. The task will attempt to use JavaMail and fall back to UU encoding or no encoding in that order depending on what support classes are available. ${buildname} will be replaced with the buildname property's value.

<property name="line2" value="some_international_message"/>
<echo message="${line2}"/>

<mail mailhost="
 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 " mailport="25" subject="Test build"  
  charset="utf-8">
  <from address="
 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 "/>

  <to address="
 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 "/>
  <message>some international text:${line2}</message>
</mail>