Send an Email
The send e-mail task is useful for notifications about a result of graph execution. For example, you can create a listener with this task type to be notified about each failure in the specified sandbox or a failure of the particular graph.
This task is very useful, but for now only as a response for graph events. This feature is very powerful for monitoring. (for description of this task type, see Graph Event Listeners).
Note: It seems useless to send emails periodically, but it may send current server status or daily summary. These features will be implemented in further versions.
Table 29.1. Attributes of "Send e-mail" task
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Task type | "Send an email" |
| To | The recipient's email address. It is possible to specify more addresses separated by a comma. It is also possible to use placeholders. For more information, see Placeholders. |
| Cc | Cc stands for 'carbon copy'. A copy of the email will be delivered to these addresses. It is possible to specify more addresses separated by a comma. It is also possible to use placeholders. For more information, see Placeholders. |
| Bcc | Bcc: stands for 'Blind carbon copy'. It is similar as Cc, but the others recipients aren't aware, that these recipients received a copy of the email. |
| Reply-to (Sender) | Email address of sender. It must be a valid address according to the SMTP server. It is also possible to use placeholders. For more information, see Placeholders. |
| Subject | An email subject. It is also possible to use placeholders. For more information, see Placeholders. |
| HTML | A body of the email in HTML. The email is created as multipart, so the HTML body should have a precedence. A plain text body is only for email clients which do not display HTML. It is also possible to use placeholders. For more information, see Placeholders. |
| Text | A body of the email in plain text. The email is created as multipart, so the HTML body should have a precedence. A plain text body is only for email clients which do not display HTML. It is also possible to use placeholders. For more information, see Placeholders. |
| Log file as attachment | If this switch is checked, the email will have an attachment with a packed log file of the related graph execution. |
Figure 29.1. Web GUI - send email
Note: Do not forget to configure a connection to an SMTP server (see Part III, “Configuration”).