nant mail issues - email

Question

Can anyone please suggest me how we could configure the sending of mails through nant.I had even gone through the link but i was unsucessfull.
thanks and regards
maddy

Answer 1

Something like this is what you would use.
<target name="sendmail">
<mail
from=“NAnt#myCompany.com“
tolist=“${distribution_list}“
subject="${mailsubject}"
mailhost="${smtpServer}"
message="${mailbody}"
verbose="true"
>
<attachments>
<include name="${buildroot}/build.log" />
</attachments>
</mail>
</target>

Answer 2

Here is a sample build file. The solution is not very elegant but it works. All it does is logs a file and before sending email flush it and makes a copy of it to attach it in email.
Note: there are some help links in code which i used while writing my own build file.
<description>Sample Build Scripts</description>
<property name="nant.onsuccess" value="success" />
<property name="nant.onfailure" value="failure" />
<property name="tolist" value="youremail#email.com" />
<property name="cclist" value="youremail#email.com" />
<property name="emailsubject" value="" />
<target name="build" depends="init">
YOUR ACTUAL BUILD CODE GOES HERE
</target>
<target name="init">
<echo>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TASK : INITIALIZE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</echo>
<loadtasks assembly="nantcontrib-0.85/bin/NAnt.Contrib.Tasks.dll" />
<!-- http://www.basilv.com/psd/blog/2007/how-to-add-logging-to-ant-builds -->
<tstamp>
<formatter property="timestamp" pattern="yyMMdd_HHmm"/>
</tstamp>
<property name="build.log.filename" value="build_${timestamp}.log"/>
<echo message="build.log.filename: ${build.log.filename}" />
<record name="${build.log.dir}/${build.log.filename}" action="Start" level="Verbose"/>
<echo message="Build logged to ${build.log.filename}"/>
<echo message="Build Start at: ${datetime::now()}" />
</target>
<!--http://www.mail-archive.com/nant-users#lists.sourceforge.net/msg02485.html-->
<target name="success" depends="successresult,sendemail">
<echo>${emailsubject}</echo>
</target>
<!--http://www.mail-archive.com/nant-users#lists.sourceforge.net/msg02485.html-->
<target name="failure" depends="failureresult,sendemail">
<echo>${emailsubject}</echo>
</target>
<target name="successresult" >
<echo>
BUILD FAILED . CHANGE SUBJECT
</echo>
<property name="emailsubject" value="Web Integration DEV Build : SUCCESS !!!" />
</target>
<target name="failureresult" >
<echo>
BUILD FAILED . CHANGE SUBJECT
</echo>
<echo message="Task Start at: ${datetime::now()}" />
<property name="emailsubject" value="Web Integration DEV Build : FAILED !!! :)" />
</target>
<target name="sendemail" >
<echo>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SENDING EMAIL
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</echo>
<echo message="Task Start at: ${datetime::now()}" />
<echo>${emailsubject}</echo>
<echo>Sending Email</echo>
<echo>Attaching File : ${build.log.dir}/email_${build.log.filename}</echo>
<echo>Attaching File : ${path.vsshelper.log}/logs/email_${build.log.getlistoffiles}</echo>
<!-- Flush is very important before you copy -->
<record name="${build.log.dir}/${build.log.filename}" action="Flush" level="Verbose"/>
<sleep milliseconds="1000" />
<!-- make a copy -->
<copy file= "${build.log.dir}/${build.log.filename}" tofile="${build.log.dir}/email_${build.log.filename}" />
<mail
from="${email.from}"
tolist="${email.to}"
mailhost="${email.host}"
message="${emailsubject}"
subject="${emailsubject}"
>
<attachments>
<include name="${build.log.dir}/email_${build.log.filename}" />
<include name="${path.vsshelper.log}/logs/email_${build.log.getlistoffiles}" />
</attachments>
</mail>
</target>