I am trying to send an email with a PDF attachment, stored in a BLOB field, using TIdSMTP. For this I am using a TIdAttachmentMemory, but the code as shown results in 'refused by spam filter';
IdMessage.ContentType := 'multipart/mixed'
works but the attachment is not sent (or received?) - as expected.Clearly I am missing something. I am suspecting something in the direction of the attachment not being "closed off" correctly (i.e. left in an incomplete state) or perhaps the incorrect ContentType?
All suggestions welcome. Thanks!
procedure TfrmSendMail.btnSendClick(Sender: TObject);
var
ms: TMemoryStream;
Attachment: TIdAttachmentMemory;
// Attachment: TIdAttachmentFile;
begin
memStatus.Clear;
IdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.Destination := teHost.Text + ':587';
IdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.Host := teHost.Text;
// IdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.MaxLineAction := maException;
IdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.Port := 587;
IdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.SSLOptions.Method := sslvTLSv1_2;
IdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.SSLOptions.Mode := sslmUnassigned;
IdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.SSLOptions.VerifyMode := [];
IdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.SSLOptions.VerifyDepth := 0;
IdSMTP.Host := teHost.Text;
IdSMTP.Port := 587;
IdMessage.From.Address := teFrom.Text;
IdMessage.Recipients.EMailAddresses := teTo.Text;
IdMessage.Subject := teSubject.Text;
IdMessage.Body.Text := memBody.Text;
IdMessage.Body.Add('Timestamp: ' + FormatDateTime('yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn:ss', Now()));
IdMessage.ContentType := 'multipart/mixed';
if not sqlPDFPDF_Incasso.IsNull then
begin
ms := TMemoryStream.Create;
try
try
TBlobField(sqlPDF.FieldByName('PDF_Incasso')).SaveToStream(ms);
ms.Position := 0;
Attachment := TIdAttachmentMemory.Create(IdMessage.MessageParts, ms);
Attachment.ContentType := 'application/pdf';
Attachment.FileName := 'Invoice.pdf';
except
on E: Exception do
messageDlg('Error creating attachment' + #13#10 + E.Message, mtError, [mbOK], 0);
end;
finally
ms.Free;
end;
end;
// if FileExists(beAttachment.Text) then
// Attachment := TIdAttachmentFile.Create(IdMessage.MessageParts, beAttachment.Text);
Screen.Cursor := crHourGlass;
try
try
IdSMTP.Connect;
IdSMTP.Send(IdMessage);
memStatus.Lines.Insert(0, 'Email sent - OK.');
except
on E: Exception do
memStatus.Lines.Insert(0, 'ERROR: ' + E.Message);
end;
finally
if assigned(Attachment) then
Attachment.Free;
if IdSMTP.Connected then
IdSMTP.Disconnect(true);
Screen.Cursor := crDefault;
end;
end;
You are not populating the TIdMessage
correctly (see this blog article for details - your use-case would fall under the "HTML and non-related attachments and no plain-text" section, but replacing HTML with Plain-Text).
In a nutshell, if you include the attachment, setting the TIdMessage.ContentType
to 'multipart/mixed'
is fine, but you need to put the body text into a TIdText
object in the TIdMessage.MessageParts
instead of in the TIdMessage.Body
. And if you don't include the attachment, using the TIdMessage.Body
is fine, but you need to set the TIdMessage.ContentType
to 'text/plain'
instead.
Try this:
procedure TfrmSendMail.btnSendClick(Sender: TObject);
var
Text: TIdText;
Attachment: TIdAttachmentMemory;
Strm: TStream;
begin
memStatus.Clear;
IdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.SSLOptions.Method := sslvTLSv1_2;
IdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.SSLOptions.Mode := sslmClient;
IdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.SSLOptions.VerifyMode := [];
IdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.SSLOptions.VerifyDepth := 0;
IdSMTP.Host := teHost.Text;
IdSMTP.Port := 587;
try
IdMessage.Clear;
IdMessage.From.Address := teFrom.Text;
IdMessage.Recipients.EMailAddresses := teTo.Text;
IdMessage.Subject := teSubject.Text;
//if FileExists(beAttachment.Text) then
if not sqlPDFPDF_Incasso.IsNull then
begin
IdMessage.ContentType := 'multipart/mixed';
Text := TIdText.Create(IdMessage.MessageParts, nil);
Text.Body.Text := memBody.Text;
Text.Body.Add('Timestamp: ' + FormatDateTime('yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn:ss', Now()));
Text.ContextType := 'text/plain';
//Attachment := TIdAttachmentFile.Create(IdMessage.MessageParts, beAttachment.Text);
Attachment := TIdAttachmentMemory.Create(IdMessage.MessageParts);
Attachment.ContentType := 'application/pdf';
Attachment.FileName := 'Invoice.pdf';
Strm := Attachment.PrepareTempStream;
try
TBlobField(sqlPDFPDF_Incasso).SaveToStream(Strm);
finally
Attachment.FinishTempStream;
end;
end else
begin
IdMessage.ContentType := 'text/plain';
IdMessage.Body.Text := memBody.Text;
IdMessage.Body.Add('Timestamp: ' + FormatDateTime('yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn:ss', Now()));
end;
Screen.Cursor := crHourGlass;
try
IdSMTP.Connect;
try
IdSMTP.Send(IdMessage);
finally
IdSMTP.Disconnect;
end;
memStatus.Lines.Insert(0, 'Email sent - OK.');
finally
Screen.Cursor := crDefault;
end;
except
on E: Exception do
memStatus.Lines.Insert(0, 'ERROR: ' + E.Message);
end;
end;
Alternatively, Indy has a TIdMessageBuilderPlain
class that can setup the TIdMessage
properly for you (see this blog article for details - your use-case would fall under the "Plain-text and HTML and attachments: Non-related attachments only" section):
uses
..., IdMessageBuilder;
procedure TfrmSendMail.btnSendClick(Sender: TObject);
var
Strm: TStream;
Bldr: TIdMessageBuilderPlain;
begin
memStatus.Clear;
IdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.SSLOptions.Method := sslvTLSv1_2;
IdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.SSLOptions.Mode := sslmClient;
IdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.SSLOptions.VerifyMode := [];
IdSSLIOHandlerSocketOpenSSL.SSLOptions.VerifyDepth := 0;
IdSMTP.Host := teHost.Text;
IdSMTP.Port := 587;
try
IdMessage.Clear;
IdMessage.From.Address := teFrom.Text;
IdMessage.Recipients.EMailAddresses := teTo.Text;
IdMessage.Subject := teSubject.Text;
Strm := nil;
try
Bldr := TIdMessageBuilderPlain.Create;
try
Bldr.PlainText.Text := memBody.Text;
Bldr.PlainText.Add('Timestamp: ' + FormatDateTime('yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn:ss', Now()));
//if FileExists(beAttachment.Text) then
if not sqlPDFPDF_Incasso.IsNull then
begin
//Bldr.Attachments.Add(beAttachment.Text);
Strm := sqlPDFPDF_Incasso.DataSet.CreateBlobStream(sqlPDFPDF_Incasso, bmRead);
Bldr.Attachments.Add(Strm, 'application/pdf').WantedFileName := 'Invoice.pdf';
end;
Bldr.FillMessage(IdMessage);
finally
Bldr.Free;
end;
finally
Strm.Free;
end;
Screen.Cursor := crHourGlass;
try
IdSMTP.Connect;
try
IdSMTP.Send(IdMessage);
finally
IdSMTP.Disconnect;
end;
memStatus.Lines.Insert(0, 'Email sent - OK.');
finally
Screen.Cursor := crDefault;
end;
except
on E: Exception do
memStatus.Lines.Insert(0, 'ERROR: ' + E.Message);
end;
end;