Adapt "SendEmailWithAuthentication" to allow custom return-path

[jasonwood]

I want bounces to go to a different email address than the from address, so I added the line, "props.put("mail.smtp.from", "[email protected]");" to the SendEmailWithAuthentication script (with the necessary escape characters for quotation marks).

But when I view the headers of the mail message, it still has the "from" address in the Return-Path.

Any suggestions?

RegisterGroovy(



"SendEmailWithAuthentication( from ; to ; subject ; htmlBody ; attachmentPath ; smtpHost ; username ; password )" ;



"import javax.mail.*;¶

import javax.mail.internet.*;¶

¶

Properties props = new Properties();¶

props.setProperty("mail.smtp.host", smtpHost);¶

props.setProperty("mail.smtp.auth", "true");¶

props.setProperty("mail.smtps.auth", "true");¶

¶

// *****this is what I added*****¶

props.put("mail.smtp.from", "[email protected]");¶

¶

MimeMessage msg = new MimeMessage(Session.getInstance(props));¶

Multipart content = new MimeMultipart();¶

// first the message body¶

MimeBodyPart bodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();¶

bodyPart.setContent(htmlBody, "text/html");¶

content.addBodyPart(bodyPart);¶

// then the attachment¶

if (attachmentPath) {¶

MimeBodyPart attachmentPart = new MimeBodyPart();¶

attachmentPart.attachFile(attachmentPath);¶

content.addBodyPart(attachmentPart);¶

}¶

msg.setContent(content);¶

msg.setSubject(subject);¶

msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));¶

msg.setRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(to));¶

¶

Transport transport = Session.getDefaultInstance(props).getTransport("smtp");¶

int port = -1; // use the default port¶

transport.connect(smtpHost, port, username, password);¶

transport.sendMessage(msg, msg.getAllRecipients());¶

transport.close();¶

return true"



)

[john renfrew]

Are you trying to have two different from addresses??

There is a difference between 'from' and 'replyTo'

Maybe this will help

[jasonwood]

No, "Return-Path" is the address where bounces go, and is distinct from "From" and "Replyto". As a mail user, you wouldn't see this header unless you look for it. Usually, your SMTP server sets it to equal the "From" address, but for a mailing list, you want bounces to go to a "special place" for processing. Mail clients cannot set Return-Path as a normal header to the mail message. So if you want a custom Return-Path, your mail client must include an instruction for the SMTP server to set it for you. That's the job of

props.put("mail.smtp.from", "[email protected]");

Anyway, I have good news! I tried adding the above statement to one of the simpler Send Email examples in ScriptMaster, and it worked! It must have conflicted with one of the other statements in the more complicated "SendEmailWithAuthentication" module. Since I am no longer using the authentication feature, I have no problem using the simpler script.



My new registration script looks like this (adapted from "Send Email (HTML-Formatted)"):

RegisterGroovy( 

"SendEmailWithHtmlAndReturnPath( from ; to ; subject ; htmlBody ; smtpHost ; returnPath )" ; 

"import javax.mail.*;¶

import javax.mail.internet.*;¶

¶

Properties props = new Properties();¶

props.setProperty("mail.smtp.host", smtpHost);¶

props.put("mail.smtp.from", returnPath);¶

¶

MimeMessage msg = new MimeMessage(Session.getInstance(props));¶

msg.setContent(htmlBody, "text/html");¶

msg.setSubject(subject);¶

msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));¶

msg.setRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(to));¶

Transport.send(msg);¶

return true;"

)