sending bulk emails as multipart

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spica8 Reply #11, 14 years, 1 month ago

So, I made some tests, and encountered two problems:

$this->modx->mail->set(modMail::MAIL_BODY_TEXT, $this->html);

With that modification I get an alternative plain text version, but all with html tags, so theres no stripping off the tags.

Setting the TV for the css to chunk and giving it a name of an existing chunk I get this error:

Could not get CSS file: /www/htdocs/modx-2.2.4-pl/assets/components/emailresource/css/my.css

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BobRay Reply #12, 14 years, 1 month ago

On the first issue, when I looked at the PhpMailer code, it looked like it stripped tags if that field was sent. I guess not. The Notify extra has a nice tag stripper: core/components/notify/model/notify/html2text.php

If you put that file in the core/components/emailresource/model/emailresource directory and change your code to this, it *should* strip the tags:

require_once('html2text.php');
$h2t = new html2text($this->emailText);
$this->modx->mail->set(modMail::MAIL_BODY_TEXT, $h2t->get_text());

On the second, it might be a bug. Did you use all uppercase for CHUNK in the CSS Mode TV (no quotes) and is the name of the chunk spelled correctly - it's case-sensitive?

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spica8 Reply #13, 14 years ago

Line 2 must be:

$h2t = new html2text($this->html);

and it works. Miss a litte controll on formating, maybe I will check the script or render an own alt text.

Concerning the css: I tried several variations on spellings. Using a chunk named MYCSS with “CSS MODE: CHUNK“ and “CSS File(s): MYCSS“ – gets the error. Now I saved the chunk as static file as “MYCSS.css“, “CSS MODE: FILE“ and “CSS File(s): MYCSS.css“, that does the job. I have no idea, why chunk mode does not.

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spica8 Reply #14, 14 years ago

But there is still some point concerning the installation. The package has still the status “uninstalled“ in the package management. I mentioned the problems during installation. I hope not to run into any problems if I am using the installation in a project.

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BobRay Reply #15, 14 years ago

Thanks for the feedback. I'll have to check that out when I get a chance.

Can you tell me the version of ER reported in Package Manager?

Sorry about the variable name, I pasted the code from another extra and forgot to change it.

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spica8 Reply #16, 14 years ago

ER: 1.1.2 rc2
MODX Rev 2.2.4-pl

I loaded it with the package manager. At the extras repository on modx.com 1.1.2 rc1 is given as actual and 1.1.2 rc2 as outdated!? [ed. note: spica8 last edited this post 14 years ago.]

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BobRay Reply #17, 14 years ago

Thanks, that matches the latest version I have (except for the changes I gave you).

ER is about due for an overhaul. I hope to get to it in December.

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spica8 Reply #18, 14 years ago

I loaded it with the package manager. At the extras repository on modx.com 1.1.2 rc1 is given as actual and 1.1.2 rc2 as outdated!?

But can I assume, that it will run stable until then, as it is?

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BobRay Reply #19, 14 years ago

This is probably going to sound insulting, but could you try one last thing for me?

1. Set the CSS Mode TV to CHUNK, making sure there are no spaces before or after and no quotes.
2. Set the CSS File TV to the name of your chunk, again with no spaces or quotes
3. Save the resource
4. Edit the chunk and paste in the name you used in the CSS File TV, again with no spaces or quotes.
5. Save the chunk
6. Delete all the files in the core/cache directory.

I'm almost positive that there are people using the CHUNK option successfully.

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spica8 Reply #20, 14 years ago

Still getting

Could not get CSS file: /www/htdocs/modx-2.2.4-pl/assets/components/emailresource/css/MYCSS

Just to assure: with 1. you mean only to set the radiobutton to CHUNK? There is nothing where spaces or quotes could be set.