[Zope] send email using python script

9 Aug 2001

      Hi,
I have this python script, from www.zopelabs.com, I've called this script
mail, then I have a dtml form which takes different variables from the user,
like their email, name, checkbox and codes in the enquire_dtml.

How do I pass these variables through to the mail python script?

What are the performance issues of using the same form, but instead of using
python script to use the <dtml-sendmail> tag?

Thanks

Norman

###################################################
try:
    mailhost=getattr(context, context.superValues('Mail Host')[0].id)
except:
    raise AttributeError, "cant find a Mail Host object"

mMsg = 'a testful email message \n that contains a few line breaks. \n
~runyaga'
mTo = 'runyaga@abc.com'
mFrom = 'runyaga@xyz.com'
mSubj = 'mail subject'

mailhost.send(mMsg, mTo, mFrom, mSubj)
###############################

enqire_dtml

<form action="mail" method="POST">

<table border="0">
    <tr bgcolor="#6633CC" align="center">
      <td width="15%" align="center">
        <div align="left"><font color='white'><strong>Issue
Date:</strong></font></div>
      </td>
      <td colspan="3" width="428">
        <div align="left"><font color='white'>
          <select name="select">
            <option value="May 2001">May2001</option>
            <option value="June 2001">June 2001</option>
            <option value="July / August 2001">August 2001</option>
            <option value="September 2001">September2001</option>
          </select>
          </font></div>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
      <td width="87" align="center">
        <div align="left"><strong>From:</strong></div>
      </td>
      <td colspan="3" width="428">
        <table>
          <tr>
            <td>Name:</td>
            <td>
              <input name="fromname" value="<dtml-var "member.first_name"
html_quote> <dtml-var "member.last_name" html_quote>">
            </td>
            <td>Email:</td>
            <td>
              <input name="email"
                value="<dtml-var "member.email" html_quote>">
            </td>
          </tr>

        </table>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="4" align="center">
        <p><strong>Enquiry Numbers</strong> <br>
          <input type="text" name="description:text" size="5" value=""
maxlength="3">
          <input type="text" name="description:text2" size="5" value=""
maxlength="3">

      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
      <td width="87" align="center">
        <div align="center">
          <input type="checkbox"
                         name="confidential:boolean"
                         value="0" checked>
        </div>
      </td>
      <td colspan="3" width="428"><strong><font size="1">Tick
box</font></strong>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr bgcolor="#CCFF99">
      <td width="87" align="center">  </td>
      <td colspan="3" width="428"> </td>
    </tr>
  </table>

<br>

<input type="submit" name="submitissue" value="   Send   "
class="submitbutton">

</form>

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z/^^^^^^^^/z/******\zz|*^^^^|*|z|*|^^^^^|z norman khine
zzzzzz/**/z|**/^^\**|z|*|zzz|*|z|*|zzzzzzz mailto:norman@khine.net
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[Zope] send email using python script

Norman Khine