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    djblets.mail.message¶

    E-mail message composition and sending.

    class EmailMessage(subject=u”, text_body=u”, html_body=u”, from_email=None, to=None, cc=None, bcc=None, sender=None, in_reply_to=None, headers=None, auto_generated=False, prevent_auto_responses=False, enable_smart_spoofing=None)[source]¶

    Bases: django.core.mail.message.EmailMultiAlternatives

    An EmailMesssage subclass with improved header and message ID support.

    This class knows about several headers (standard and variations), including Sender/X-Sender, In-Reply-To/References`, and Reply-To.

    The generated Message-ID header from the e-mail can be accessed via the message_id attribute after the e-mail has been sent.

    In order to prevent issues when sending on behalf of users whose e-mail domains are controlled by DMARC, callers can specify enable_smart_spoofing=True (or set settings.EMAIL_ENABLE_SMART_SPOOFING). If set, then the e-mail address used for the From header will only be used if there aren’t any DMARC rules that may prevent the e-mail from being sent/received.

    In the event that a DMARC rule would prevent sending on behalf of that user, the sender address will be used instead, with the full name appearing as the value in from_email with “via <Service Name>” tacked onto it.

    Callers wishing to use this should also set settings.EMAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER_SERVICE_NAME to the desired service name. Otherwise, the domain on the sender e-mail will be used instead.

    This class also supports repeated headers.

    __init__(subject=u”, text_body=u”, html_body=u”, from_email=None, to=None, cc=None, bcc=None, sender=None, in_reply_to=None, headers=None, auto_generated=False, prevent_auto_responses=False, enable_smart_spoofing=None)[source]¶

    Create a new EmailMessage.

    Parameters:
    • subject (unicode, optional) – The subject of the message. Defaults to being blank (which MTAs might replace with “no subject”.)
    • text_body (unicode, optional) – The body of the e-mail as plain text. Defaults to an empty string (allowing HTML-only e-mails to be sent).
    • html_body (unicode, optional) – The body of the e-mail as HTML. Defaults to an empty string (allowing text-only e-mails to be sent).
    • from_email (unicode, optional) – The from address for the e-mail. Defaults to DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL.
    • to (list, optional) – A list of e-mail addresses as unicode objects that are to receive the e-mail. Defaults to an empty list of addresses (allowing using CC/BCC only).
    • cc (list, optional) – A list of e-mail addresses as unicode objects that are to receive a carbon copy of the e-mail, or None if there are no CC recipients.
    • bcc (list, optional) – A list of e-mail addresses as unicode objects that are to receive a blind carbon copy of the e-mail, or None if there are not BCC recipients.
    • sender (unicode, optional) –

      The actual e-mail address sending this e-mail, for use in the Sender header. If this differs from from_email, it will be left out of the header as per RFC 2822.

      This will default to DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL if unspecified.

    • in_reply_to (unicode, optional) – An optional message ID (which will be used as the value for the In-Reply-To and References headers). This will be generated if not provided and will be available as the message_id attribute after the e-mail has been sent.
    • headers (django.utils.datastructures.MultiValueDict, optional) – Extra headers to provide with the e-mail.
    • auto_generated (bool, optional) – If True, the e-mail will contain headers that mark it as an auto-generated message (as per RFC 3834) to avoid auto replies.
    • prevent_auto_responses (bool, optional) – If True, the e-mail will contain headers to prevent auto replies for delivery reports, read receipts, out of office e-mails, and other auto-generated e-mails from Exchange.
    • enable_smart_spoofing (bool, optional) –

      Whether to enable smart spoofing of any e-mail addresses for the From header.

      This defaults to settings.EMAIL_ENABLE_SMART_SPOOFING (which itself defaults to False).

    message()[source]¶

    Construct an outgoing message for the e-mail.

    This will construct a message based on the data provided to the constructor. This represents the e-mail that will later be sent using send().

    After calling this method, the message’s ID will be stored in the message_id attribute for later reference.

    This does not need to be called manually. It’s called by send().

    Returns:The resulting message.
    Return type:django.core.mail.message.SafeMIMEText
    recipients()[source]¶

    Return a list of all recipients of the e-mail.

    Returns:A list of all recipients included on the To, CC, and BCC lists.
    Return type:list

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