SendEmail

The SendEmail function is used to send emails to an SMTP server for distribution to recipients.

Electronic mail servers and other mail transfer agents use SMTP to send and receive mail messages. User-level client mail applications typically use SMTP only for sending messages to a mail server for relaying, as does this Linx function.

Properties

Content

Subject

The subject line of the email. This has to be a string that may not exceed 78 characters.

Body

The body of the email to be sent.

Attachments

Any attachments that need to be sent out with the email. This needs to point to files.

Credentials

Username

The username to log into the Inbox. This is commonly the email address.

Authentication

Authentication type to use when connecting to the email server.

Available options:

AuthLogin - Specifies that the mail server uses plain text authentication. Requires a Password.
AuthXOAUTH2 - Specifies that the SMTP server uses the OAUTH mechanism for GMAIL learn more or Office365 learn more. Requires a Token.

Options

Body format

The options are Text or HTML.

Enable SSL

SSL is required by some mail servers, including Gmail.

Port

The default port is 25, when SSL is enabled it is 587.

Priority

Not every email system supports message priority. Clients that do support it, commonly add an exclamation mark to that email or give the email otherwise a higher visibility in the Inbox.