eMail attachment: best practice?

[Bob Sneidar]

I used a properly formatted “url” (it’s not actually a URL) for the server and got a response from the server, so I am communicating, but it’s generating an error even though the user name and password are correct (They are my credentials.) 

Also, considering that almost all servers are forcing the use of 2 factor or Multi-factor authentication these days, it’s probably just better to use the local mail client. 

Bob S


> On Jun 25, 2024, at 3:53 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com> wrote:
> 
> The demo stack URL in the script does not look right. I have never used a URL in the form of SMTP://<serverfqdn>:587/ before. That can’t be right! 
> 
> Bob S
> 
> 
>> On Jun 25, 2024, at 3:15 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Instead of using revMail which opens the default mail client app you could use tsNET external, which is availlable  for Win/Mac/Linux/iOS and Android.
>> 
>> The only thing you have to keep in mind is that tsNet directly sends the email instead of opening the default email client.
>> 
>> Here you can find an sample stack
>> https://downloads.techstrategies.com.au/tsnet/smtpexample.livecode
>> 
>> And here is a link to a Livecode Lesson
>> https://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/685661-how-to-send-e-mail-using-the-tsnet-external
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Am 25.06.2024 um 22:35 schrieb Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>>> 
>>> Under a specific condition, my app creates an email with some pre-populated information using revMail:
>>> 
>>> revMail address, [ccAddress, [mailSubject, [messageBody]]]
>>> 
>>> So, my call is: revMail tSupportEmail, , "Diagnostic Report Information", tEmailBody
>>> Where tSupportEmail contains a valid email address and tEmailBody contain the information I want to send.
>>> 
>>> I realize the user still has to click their send button in their email client, but I have 2 questions:
>>> 
>>> 1) I see the Dictionary still lists "revMailUnicode" with the same parameters. If tEmailBody contains Unicode characters do I need to textEncode(tEmailBody, "UTF-16") and use revMailUnicode OR is plain old revMail now Unicode aware
>>> 
>>> 2) My more important question is how does one create an email with an attached file? I see no feature of revMail to include an attachment. Is there some other way? If there is no way to add an attachment, what might the best practice for sending the contents and structure of a Livecode array be?
>>> 
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