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CoderCoder 

How to send Email to the Contact object email using Apex Email Services?

Hi,

 

 

I want to send the email from salesforce.com to the Email field in contact's object using Force.com email services, Is it possible to do this?

 

I'm able to send emails to users within salesforce.com, i want to send mails to contacts mail in Contacts Object.

 

Any one please help me how to solve this.

 

Thanks...

knicholsknichols

If you just want to send a single message from Apex you can do something like this.

 

Messaging.SingleEmailMessage email = new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage();
		email.setSubject('Subject');   		
		email.setReplyTo('whoever');
		email.setSaveAsActivity(false);
		
		email.setPlainTextBody('Text body');		
		String[] toAddresses = new String[] {'someone@somewhere.com'};		
		email.setToAddresses(toAddresses);		       
		Messaging.SendEmailResult[] sendResult;
		//send the eMail
		sendResult = Messaging.sendEmail(new Messaging.SingleEmailMessage[] { email });
 
 
 


CoderCoder
Thank u very much for replying.........
 
Is it possible to send to a list of emails in contact object using workflow process... And i want it in automated process.
 
For example whenever i created a contact it has to send a mail to that contacts email id. 
 
I had checked using workflow but its allowing to send only 5 email addressess 


knicholsknichols
Why not just use a after insert trigger on the contact object?  Or do you have additional rules that need to be applied in workflow?


CoderCoder
ok i hav tried tat and all....but i'm not able to send email to contacts email in contacts object, its asking to add any others email's to recieve this notification enter here and its allowing to add 5 emails only


XactiumBenXactiumBen
I think you mean you have tried creating a Workflow Rule on Contacts (this has a 5 emails only limit), knichols was suggesting to use an Apex Trigger which doesn't have this limit.
 
It looks like Salesforce have updated Workflow Rule Email Alerts - it seems you can assign an Email Field (Use the Search picklist when creating an Email Alert and set to Email Field) as a Recipient.  You could use that to see if that does what you want.