---
title: "Email Actions"
slug: "email-actions"
description: "This is a list of actions in RapidIdentity Connect that can be used with the email attribute."
tags: ["RapidIdentity ", "Connect", "Actions", "Email"]
updated: 2022-06-02T20:46:00Z
published: 2022-06-02T20:46:00Z
canonical: "help.rapididentity.com/email-actions"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Email Actions

## Email Actions

### sendEmail

Send an Email message.

| Property | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| smtpServer* | text, expression, variable | SMTP server host name or address |
| smtpPort | expression, variable | SMTP server host port (default: 25) |
| encryption | choice (STARTTLS, SSL), text, expression, variable | SMTP Encryption method (default: none) |
| user | text, expression, variable | SMTP server username (default: none) |
| password | password, string, expression, variable | SMTP server password (default: none) |
| from* | text, expression, variable | the sender email address |
| to* | text, expression, variable | the recipient email address(es) (comma separated) |
| cc | text, expression, variable | the CC recipient email address(es) (comma separated) |
| bcc | text, expression, variable | the BCC email address(es) (comma separated) |
| subject* | text, expression, variable | the email subject |
| isHtml | boolean, expression, variable | html message flag (default: false) |
| message* | text, expression, variable | the email message |
| attachment | text, expression, variable | filename or array of filenames to attach |
| customProperties | expression, variable | Record or object containing JavaMail custom properties (default: none) |
| returnVariable | expression, variable | name of the variable to be assigned to the return value |

```actionscript
Global.emailHost = "smtp.gmail.com"
Global.emailUser = "jdoe@gmail.com"
Global.emailPwd = <Password>
#send plain text email with attached file
mailSent = sendEmail(Global.emailHost, 587, "STARTTLS",
Global.emailUser,<Password>,
Global.emailUser, Global.emailUser, "test with attachment",
"see attached photo", ["/photos/test.jpg"])
#send html text with embedded image
mailSent = sendEmail(Global.emailHost, 465, "SSL",
Global.emailUser,<Password>,
Global.emailUser, Global.emailUser, "test with html embedded attachment",
true,
"<html>\n<head />\n<body>\Here it is: <img src=\"cid:attachment1\"
name=\"test.jpg\" />\n</body>\n</html>", ["/photos/test.jpg"])
```

### sendEmailWithDefaults

Send an email message using default connection values from RapidIdentity.

| Property | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Assign to | expression, variable | name of the variable to be assigned to the return value |
| to* | text, expression, variable | the recipient email address(es) (comma separated) |
| cc | text, expression, variable | the CC recipient email address(es) (comma separated) |
| bcc | text, expression, variable | the BCC email address(es) (comma separated) |
| subject* | text, expression, variable | the email subject |
| isHtml | boolean, expression, variable | html message flag (default: false) |
| message* | text, expression, variable | the email message |
| attachment | text, expression, variable | filename or array of filenames to attach |
| customProperties | expression, variable | Record or object containing JavaMail custom properties (default: none) |

```actionscript
sendEmailWithDefault("myemail@example.net", "This is a test report", "This is a test message", false, {"smtp.headers": {"Importance": "low"}}}
```