Component Mail

The Mail component is represented by the icon: and allows you to send email communications.

To modify the behavior of a Mail component, double click on the component name located in the central workspace, it opens a popup window called "Component Configuration Window". The following figure shows the window for the component:

Note: This component uses the SMTP protocol for sending emails it needs to have an email account that allows you to do this for more SMTP visit: Wikipedia: SMTP

The first field of the window shown in the figure above is a field called "Name Component", in this you can enter a name for the component. Then there are a number of fields described below.

• smtp host: SMTP Server.
• user smtp: SMTP User.
• SMTP password: Password of SMTP service.
• SMTP port: Port SMTP, port 25 is used by default.
• smtp timeout: timeout in seconds for the SMTP service.
• wordwrap: wrapping email.
• wrapchars: Number of characters for setting lines of email, by default 76 characters are set.
• mailtype: type TEXT or HTML email.
• charset: character set (utf-8, iso-8859-1, etc..).
• crlf: New default line is set to "\ n".
• newline: New default line is set to "\ n".
• Email From: Email Sender email.
• From Name: Name of the sender.
• Reply Email: E-mail account for response.
• Reply Name: Name for the response email.
• Email To: E-mail recipient, you can add multiple email accounts separated by commas.
• CC Email: Send copy of email to, you can add multiple email accounts separated by commas.
• BCC Email: Send Mail to Bcc, you can add multiple email accounts separated by commas.
• Subject: Email Subject.
• Message: Mail Message.
• Alternative Message: Alternate Mail Message.

You can use the "test connection" button to check if you can connect to the server.

At the bottom of the window are three buttons appear: Save, Apply, Cancel. The Save button: Saves the changes made to the component and close the window. The Apply button: Saves the changes made to the component without closing the window. The Cancel button: Closes the window without saving changes to the component.