[TYPO3-core] RFC #15998: Create a new API based on SwiftMailer to replace t3lib_htmlmail

[Susanne Moog]

On 16.10.2010 21:46, Ernesto Baschny [cron IT] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is a SVN patch request.
> 
> Type: Feature
> 
> BT reference: http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=15998
> 
> Branches: trunk
> 
> 
> Problem:
> t3lib_htmlmail is ugly and non-RFC conformant. Include library
> SwiftMailer (selected as the "coolest" one amongst all potential
> analysed candidates) to replace the functionality with a new robust API
> [1].
> 
> This is also meant to replace all direct calls to "mail()" and also
> "t3lib_utility_Mail" in future, because of its flexibilty in sending mails.
> 
> 
> How to test:
> 1) apply the attached patch 15998.diff
> 
> 2) unpack the .zip file (attached only to the bug tracker!) with the
> typo3/contrib/swiftmailer/ into your sources
> 
> 3) apply 15998-scheduler-test.diff which will change the scheduler "test
> task" to send emails using the new API
> 
> 4) go to Install Tool > All Configuration and enjoy the new section
> [MAIL]. Configure the three available transports for each test.
> 
> 5) Execute the scheduler task, and get a happy RFC-conformant mail in
> your mailbox.
> 
> 
> Master-plan:
> This is the first patch which just adds the API and implements the "step
> 1" of our plan. Please read that to get the big picture of what the next
> steps are [2]. That page also contains examples on how to use the new API.
> 
> After this is in the core, we can already start replacing all calls to
> t3lib_htmlmail which simply "create and send" simple mails with the new
> API. We can also replace all calls to t3lib_utility_Mail::mail() with
> the new API, providing a much more robust (and configurable) way of
> sending mails.

+1 by reading and testing,

susanne