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Multi-Part Alternative Mail - NOT A CFX! NOT ENCRYPTED!
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4/23/2001 9:36:11 PM |
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Rabid Nerd Productions
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CF_MPAMAIL - Non-Encrypted CF-source-ONLY workaround to send Multipart/Alternative Emails
by Herbert L. Riede
Key benefits:
- Can be used by those who cannot install CFX tags
- Teaches by example some basic Email Formatting
Main audience:
- Email Advertisers
Multipart/Alternative is the format that allows you to send text & HTML versions in one email, and the recipient's reader selects the appropriate version to display. If it is a very old non-compliant reader, the text appears first.
Tested with AOL, HotMail, Yahoo, Everyone.net, OutLook 2000 (and Express).
Remember with HTML mail - IMG SRC's should refer to an absolute, web-based URL. All links must be absolute. Javascript should never be used in HTML mail - many organizations block mail with script and others have mail programs that throw warnings/do not execute Javascript (Outlook 2000). Some web-based email readers block FORMs from HTML mail (Everyone.net).
Always have your sending server set up with a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), as some companies, including AOL, block mail coming from unnamed servers (even though their servers accept the mail). This is also known as a "Reverse DNS Entry".
Version 1.1 - Released April 19, 2002
- Improved compatibility across readers
- Added better Reply-To support
- Added "Errors-To" address support
- Added MAXROWS
- Added STARTROW
- Added PORT
- Added MAILERID
- If missing [[HTMLVER]] seperator, tries to detect email's state and sends as single-part email. If email contains then sends as TYPE="HTML", otherwise as Text.
Version 1.0 - Released April 23, 2001
- Initial Release
To install CF_MPAMAIL:
Copy MPAMAIL.CFM to your CustomTags directory. This directory is typically
C:\CFUSION\CustomTags\
where C:\ is the drive where you installed ColdFusion Server
If you do not have access to this directory place the MPAMAIL.CFM file in every directory you wish to use it in.
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// for :Multi-Part Alternative Mail - NOT A CFX! NOT ENCRYPTED!
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//(c)2001-2002 Herb Riede, All Rights Reserved.
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 7/18/2001 9:53:33 PM: Max
I could not get this code to run correctly on my server it only sends a text-html message the server is coldfusion 4.5
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7/19/2001 12:04:42 AM: Herb Riede
I have emailed him/you seperately:
Change "multipart/alternative" to "multipart/mixed" for a combined email, as opposed to a one-best-version-my-reader-can-handle email..
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12/14/2001 1:55:45 PM: Jacob Allred
do you have this saved in coldfusion files that you could send me? i'm a little confused as to what parts of your code above code in which files, but i run a few newsletters and this code would be VERY useful to me! thanks! (jacob@allredtech.com)
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12/14/2001 2:14:08 PM: Herb Riede (Author)
Please check Allaire's Developer's Exchange. I also posted it as a ZIP file there.
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12/14/2001 3:31:56 PM: Jacob Allred
got it! thanks a ton!
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4/19/2002 4:51:31 PM: Herb Riede
UPDATED April 19, 2002 - Version 1.1
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5/19/2002 6:36:15 PM: Zach
What kind of files are Cold Fusion files? I mean do they have to be compiled like .vbp files in Visual Basic or are they just ascii files with a specific extension, and if they are just ascii files then what is their extension? Also how do you tell your machine to call on these files? Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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5/15/2003 1:27:00 AM: Shengriken
CF files are '.cfm', '.cfx'. You must install
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5/15/2003 1:42:00 AM: Shengriken
sorry. You must install Coldfusion Server in order to run the pages dynamically (meaning, the CF code wont execute when someone visits the page on your computer unless you have Coldfusion Server running). You also need IIS (Internet Information Services) running on your computer. This is provided on WinNT, Win2k, Win2kPro, WinXp, WinXP Pro, etc etc. It will be on the CD for the Operating System. Also, you can prolly download it from Microsoft. You can edit .Cfm and .cfx files and stuff with notepad, but i recommend Macromedia Coldfusion Studio 4.5
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4/15/2004 12:45:22 PM:
Hi,
I am using qmail as my outgoing mail server, when I use the CF_MPAMAIL tag the SMTP server sends back the following error mesesage:
Failed to send the spooled mail file, C:\CFusion\Mail\spool\123.cfmail.
SMTP server replied
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4/15/2004 12:47:43 PM:
(cont'd from above) "See http://pobox.com/~djb/docs/smtplf.html."
It sends CFMAIL OK, seems to be a problem with missing linefeeds with CF_MPAMAIL. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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