{"id":953,"date":"2013-02-19T21:38:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T16:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esearing.com\/v2010\/?p=953"},"modified":"2013-02-19T21:38:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T16:38:41","slug":"cfemail-alternatives-for-the-user","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/v2010\/2013\/02\/cfemail-alternatives-for-the-user\/","title":{"rendered":"CFEmail – Alternatives for the user"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those times when CFMail Just won’t cooperate, rather than throwing only an error message, give your user a chance to send the email from their own mail client on their PC\/device. If CFMail fails the user is provided a link which opens Outlook or which ever Email client has been chosen on their PC.<\/p>\n

<cftry>
\n<cfset mailerr = \"Email Sent\"><!---default message ---><\/code><\/p>\n

<!---Send to=\"#emaillist#\"--->
\n<cfmail
\nto=\"#emaillist#\"
\nfrom=\"somename@yourdomain.com\"
\nsubject=\"#FORM.subject#\"
\nserver=\"smtp.yourdomain.com\"
\ntype=\"html\">
\n<p>Dear Whoever,<br \/><br \/>
\n#FORM.comment#<\/p>
\n<\/cfmail><\/p>\n

<cfcatch type=\"any\">
\n<cfset mailerr = \"There was a problem sending the email.\">
\n <a href=\"mailto:#emaillist#?subject=#subject#&body=#urlEncodedformat(FORM.comment)#\">
\n Webmail System Error: Please click here to send a manual Email via your PC.<\/a>
\n<\/cfcatch>
\n<\/cftry> <\/code> <\/p>\n

Then output the mailerr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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