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Sending SMTP e-mail with cfmail

The cfmail tag provides support for sending SMTP e-mail from within ColdFusion applications. The cfmail tag is similar to the cfoutput tag, except that cfmail outputs the generated text as SMTP mail messages rather than to a page. The cfmail tag supports all the attributes and commands that you use with cfoutput, including query. The following table describes important cfmail tag attributes:

Attribute	Description
subject	The subject of the message.
from	The e-mail address of the sender.
to	The e-mail address of the recipient. Use a comma-delimited list to specify multiple recipients.
cc	(Optional) The e-mail address of a carbon copy recipient. The recipient's address is visible to other recipients. Use a comma-delimited list to specify multiple cc recipients.
bcc	(Optional) The e-mail address of a blind carbon copy recipient. The recipient's address is not visible to other recipients. Use a comma-delimited list to specify multiple bcc recipients.
SpoolEnable	(Optional) When `SpoolEnable="yes"`, saves a copy of the message until the sending operation is complete.

To send a simple e-mail message:

Create a ColdFusion page with the following content:

<html>
<head>
   <title>Sending a simple e-mail</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Sample e-mail</h1>
<cfmail
   from="Sender@Company.com"
   to="#URL.email#"
   subject="Sample e-mail from ColdFusion MX">

This is a sample e-mail message to show basic e-mail capability.

</cfmail>
The e-mail was sent.

</body>
</html>

Save the file as send_mail.cfm in the myapps directory under your web_root directory.
Open your browser and enter the following URL:
http://localhost:8500/myapps/send_mail.cfm?email=myname@mycompany.com

(Replace myname@mycompany.com with your e-mail address.)

The page sends the e-mail message to you, through your SMTP server.

Note: If you do not receive an e-mail message, check whether you have configured ColdFusion to work with your SMTP server; for more information, see Sending e-mail messages.


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