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Sending Mail
============
Djrill handles **all** outgoing email sent through Django's standard
:mod:`django.core.mail` package, including :func:`~django.core.mail.send_mail`,
:func:`~django.core.mail.send_mass_mail`, the :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage` class,
and even :func:`~django.core.mail.mail_admins`.
If you'd like to selectively send only some messages through Mandrill,
there is a way to :ref:`use multiple email backends <multiple-backends>`.
.. _django-send-support:
Django Email Support
--------------------
Djrill supports most of the functionality of Django's :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage`
and :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMultiAlternatives` classes.
Some notes and limitations:
**Display Names**
All email addresses (from, to, cc) can be simple
("email\@example.com") or can include a display name
("Real Name <email\@example.com>").
**From Address**
The ``from_email`` must be in one of the approved sending
domains in your Mandrill account, or Mandrill will refuse to send the message.
**CC Recipients**
Djrill treats all "cc" recipients as if they were
additional "to" addresses. (Mandrill does not distinguish "cc" from "to".)
.. note::
By default, Mandrill hides all recipients from each other. If you want the
headers to list everyone who was sent the message, you'll also need to set the
Mandrill option :attr:`preserve_recipients` to `!True`
**BCC Recipients**
Mandrill does not permit more than one "bcc" address.
Djrill raises :exc:`~djrill.NotSupportedByMandrillError` if you attempt to send a
message with multiple bcc's.
(Mandrill's bcc option seems intended primarily
for logging. To send a single message to multiple recipients without exposing
their email addresses to each other, simply include them all in the "to" list
and leave Mandrill's :attr:`preserve_recipients` set to `!False`.)
.. versionadded:: 0.3
Previously "bcc" was treated as "cc"
.. _sending-html:
**HTML/Alternative Parts**
To include an HTML version of a message, use
:meth:`~django.core.mail.EmailMultiAlternatives.attach_alternative`:
.. code-block:: python
from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives
msg = EmailMultiAlternatives("Subject", "text body",
"from@example.com", ["to@example.com"])
msg.attach_alternative("<html>html body</html>", "text/html")
Djrill allows a maximum of one
:meth:`~django.core.mail.EmailMultiAlternatives.attach_alternative`
on a message, and it must be ``mimetype="text/html"``.
Otherwise, Djrill will raise :exc:`~djrill.NotSupportedByMandrillError` when you
attempt to send the message. (Mandrill doesn't support sending multiple html
alternative parts, or any non-html alternatives.)
.. _sending-attachments:
**Attachments**
Djrill will send a message's attachments. (Note that Mandrill may impose limits
on size and type of attachments.)
Also, if an image attachment has a Content-ID header, Djrill will tell Mandrill
to treat that as an embedded image rather than an ordinary attachment.
(For an example, see :meth:`~DjrillBackendTests.test_embedded_images`
in :file:`tests/test_mandrill_send.py`.)
.. versionadded:: 0.3
Attachments
.. versionchanged:: 0.4
Special handling for embedded images
**Headers**
Djrill accepts additional headers, but only ``Reply-To`` and
``X-*`` (since that is all that Mandrill accepts). Any other extra headers
will raise :exc:`~djrill.NotSupportedByMandrillError` when you attempt to send the
message.
.. _mandrill-send-support:
Mandrill-Specific Options
-------------------------
Most of the options from the Mandrill
`messages/send API <https://mandrillapp.com/api/docs/messages.html#method=send>`_
`message` struct can be set directly on an :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage`
(or subclass) object:
.. These attributes are in the same order as they appear in the Mandrill API docs...
.. attribute:: track_opens
``Boolean``: whether Mandrill should enable open-tracking for this message.
Default from your Mandrill account settings. ::
message.track_opens = True
.. attribute:: track_clicks
``Boolean``: whether Mandrill should enable click-tracking for this message.
Default from your Mandrill account settings.
.. note::
Mandrill has an option to track clicks in HTML email but not plaintext, but
it's *only* available in your Mandrill account settings. If you want to use that
option, set it at Mandrill, and *don't* set the ``track_clicks`` attribute here.
.. attribute:: auto_text
``Boolean``: whether Mandrill should automatically generate a text body from the HTML.
Default from your Mandrill account settings.
.. attribute:: auto_html
``Boolean``: whether Mandrill should automatically generate an HTML body from the plaintext.
Default from your Mandrill account settings.
.. attribute:: inline_css
``Boolean``: whether Mandrill should inline CSS styles in the HTML.
Default from your Mandrill account settings.
.. versionadded:: 0.4
.. attribute:: url_strip_qs
``Boolean``: whether Mandrill should ignore any query parameters when aggregating
URL tracking data. Default from your Mandrill account settings.
.. attribute:: preserve_recipients
``Boolean``: whether Mandrill should include all recipients in the "to" message header.
Default from your Mandrill account settings.
.. attribute:: tracking_domain
``str``: domain Mandrill should use to rewrite tracked links and host tracking pixels
for this message. Useful if you send email from multiple domains.
Default from your Mandrill account settings.
.. attribute:: signing_domain
``str``: domain Mandrill should for DKIM signing and SPF on this message.
Useful if you send email from multiple domains.
Default from your Mandrill account settings.
.. attribute:: global_merge_vars
``dict``: merge variables to use for all recipients (most useful with :ref:`mandrill-templates`). ::
message.global_merge_vars = {'company': "ACME", 'offer': "10% off"}
.. attribute:: recipient_merge_vars
``dict``: per-recipient merge variables (most useful with :ref:`mandrill-templates`). The keys
in the dict are the recipient email addresses, and the values are dicts of merge vars for
each recipient::
message.recipient_merge_vars = {
'wiley@example.com': {'offer': "15% off anvils"},
'rr@example.com': {'offer': "instant tunnel paint"}
}
.. attribute:: tags
``list`` of ``str``: tags to apply to the message, for filtering reports in the Mandrill
dashboard. (Note that Mandrill prohibits tags longer than 50 characters or starting with
underscores.) ::
message.tags = ["Order Confirmation", "Test Variant A"]
.. attribute:: google_analytics_domains
``list`` of ``str``: domain names for links where Mandrill should add Google Analytics
tracking parameters. ::
message.google_analytics_domains = ["example.com"]
.. attribute:: google_analytics_campaign
``str`` or ``list`` of ``str``: the utm_campaign tracking parameter to attach to links
when adding Google Analytics tracking. (Mandrill defaults to the message's from_email as
the campaign name.)
.. attribute:: metadata
``dict``: metadata values Mandrill should store with the message for later search and
retrieval. ::
message.metadata = {'customer': customer.id, 'order': order.reference_number}
.. attribute:: recipient_metadata
``dict``: per-recipient metadata values. Keys are the recipient email addresses,
and values are dicts of metadata for each recipient (similar to
:attr:`recipient_merge_vars`)
These Mandrill-specific properties work with *any*
:class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage`-derived object, so you can use them with
many other apps that add Django mail functionality.
If you have questions about the python syntax for any of these properties,
see :class:`DjrillMandrillFeatureTests` in :file:`tests/test_mandrill_send.py` for examples.
.. _djrill-exceptions:
Exceptions
----------
.. versionadded:: 0.3
Djrill-specific exceptions
.. exception:: djrill.NotSupportedByMandrillError
If the email tries to use features that aren't supported by Mandrill, the send
call will raise a :exc:`~!djrill.NotSupportedByMandrillError` exception (a subclass
of :exc:`ValueError`).
.. exception:: djrill.MandrillAPIError
If the Mandrill API fails or returns an error response, the send call will
raise a :exc:`~!djrill.MandrillAPIError` exception (a subclass of :exc:`requests.HTTPError`).
The exception's :attr:`status_code` and :attr:`response` attributes may
help explain what went wrong.