By matt v. on

All the modules I've looked at for sending email (Actions, Field Actions, Webform) tend to limit the "To:" field either to a static address or addresses already in the system, apparently to avoid becoming gateways for spam. However, having worked on only a few Drupal projects, I've twice now had a need to send email to an address entered into a form, rather than to addresses in the Drupal database. In the latest instance, the "To:" address is being entered into a CCK field.

In each case, the forms are password protected and only available to administrative users, so spam shouldn't be an issue. All three of the modules mentioned above come very close to what I'm looking for, with the exception of the addressing limitation. Before I look into extending one of the existing modules, are there any other options I'm missing?

Thanks!

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vm commented

may want to look into incorporating something like this: http://formtoemail.com/

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phpgirl commented

Have you found a solution for this?

I'm looking to do the same thing, where a CCK created field contains an email address and another text area has a list of email addresses and I want all of those people notified when the content type is created.

Since you have to login in order to do this, I don't think spam would be that much of a problem...

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matt v. commented

phpgirl,

Yes, I've since run across the Workflow-ng module. It's able to handle what you're describing (and a lot more). And there's even pretty thorough Workflow-ng documentation.

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phpgirl commented

I just modified the "Field Actions" module to support email fields and text fields containing a list of email address, haha.

I will check this out, though...If it doesn't work out I'll keep on working on the FA module enhancement.