[Zope] mimetools -- an example, I hope this helps

20 Mar 2000

      I had to play around to get mime stuff to work right.  I needed to email
messages to about 1500 people.  Every person reaceived a couple of documents
that were the same, and each person received one document that was unique for
that individual.  I also through in a timer loop to provide a one minute delay
between each email message.  (Our mail server could not handle the load.)  I am
enclosing the code that worked for me.  Of course ymmv :)

pull_contacts : this is an sql method which pulls user information out of an
Access database.  Most of the variables listed come out of this database.

dtml-log : I used the logger product to create some logs so that I could see
that my mail messages went out.  I don't think this worked the way I wanted it
to work.

mime tag :  I added some custom code to the mime stuff because the mime stuff
does not add the mime version 1.0 header.  This may not cause problems for
everyone else, but it does cause problems for HP OpenMail and Lotus Notes.  I
do not know if anyone has fixed this in the standard zope code, but it was not
working when I did this mailout.

"_[QUESTION].data" :  this was what I had to do to pull in the unique object
for each individual.  (I imported all of my documents into the zodb.)

<dtml-log severity=INFO subsystem=ContactReports>
<dtml-logdetail>
;, ;
start timer: ;
stop timer: ;
</dtml-log>
<dtml-try>

Subject: !!!This is an email message!!!
To: 

TO   : ,  
EMAIL: 
FROM :  dilbert
EMAIL:  dilbert@dilbert.com

This is part of the message from dilbert

<p>
mailed;;;;;;;;;
</p>
<dtml-except>
<p>
failed;;;;;;;;;
</p>
</dtml-try>

  There was no data matching this  query.

<h2>Thanks for playing the game!</h2>

Clarence T. Pate

[Zope] mimetools -- an example, I hope this helps

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