Introduction

The JITL MailJob template can be used by a job to send mail from an Agent.

• The job template makes use of the SMTP protocol to send mail.
• The job template can be used to specify settings from different sources:
  • Connection Settings
    • These includes settings such as the SMTP host, port etc.
    • It is recommended that JS7 - Job Resources are used for this purpose as such settings tend to use the same values for any mail that should be sent.
  • Mail Settings
    • Such settings are specific for individual mails and include, for example, the subject and body of the mail.
• The job template can be used with a JS7 - Credential Store.

Usage

When defining the job either:

• invoke the Wizard that is available from the job properties tab in the Configuration view and select the JITL MailJob and relevant arguments from the Wizard

or

• specify the JITL job class and com.sos.jitl.jobs.mail.MailJob Java class name and add arguments specifying what to send and where mail should be sent as explained in the documentation below.

Example

Download (upload .json): pdwNotificationSOSMailPlainText.json

You can use the job wizard like this:

Explanation:

• Add an empty job from the instruction panel.
• Specify a name and a label for the job.
• Select an Agent.

In a next step invoke the job wizard that you find in the upper right corner of the job property editor. The wizard brings up the following popup window:

Explanation:

• From the list of available job templates select the MailJob.

Then hit the "Next" button to make the job wizard display available arguments:

Explanation:

• Required arguments include the to argument to specify the recipient of mail.
• Any other arguments are optional, provided that a job resource is used that specifies connection details to your mail server, see below. Otherwise individual settings such as the SMTP host, SMTP port etc. can be specified from arguments.
• Select the check box provided with each argument if you want this argument to be added to the arguments of the MailJob template.

When hitting the Submit button the wizard adds the required arguments to the job which should look like this:

The job arguments can be specified:

• from individual variables as configured using the job wizard,
• by using JS7 - Job Resources.

Use of Job Resources for Mail Settings

A number of settings for sending mail most probably carry the same values when used for different mail jobs. These include, for example, the SMTP host, SMTP port etc.

• You can specify such settings individually from variables that are assigned the job's arguments, see above.
• You can specify such settings from JS7 - Job Resources that can be re-used for any number of mail jobs.

Setting up a Job Resource for Mail Settings

You can create a job resource that includes any settings required to send mail.

• For details how to set up a job resource, follow instructions from the JS7 - Job Resources article.
• The example shown below is available for download: eMailDefault.jobresource.json

A job resource has two parts, one being the variables that can be specified from the "Arguments" sub-tab as shown here:

Explanation:

• The variable names specified are selected to match those used with the JITL MailJob template.
• Note the use of variable names that start with mail.smtp.
  • These variable names correspond to Java properties available with the JavaMail API. Any of the JavaMail properties can be specified.
  • You will find a full list of the available mail.smtp. properties from https://javaee.github.io/javamail/docs/api/com/sun/mail/smtp/package-summary.html
  • Required properties include (but are not limited to):
    • mail.smtp.host
    • mail.smtp.port
  • When using a secure SSL connection note that:
    • to use TLS, the mail.smtp.starttls.enable argument has to be used with the value true, to use SSL, the mail.smtp.ssl.enable argument has to be used with the value true.
    • different ports might be in use: for unencrypted connections port 25 is frequently used, for TLS connections port 465 or 587 is frequently used, for SSL connections port 587 is frequently used.
    • optionally use the mail.smtp.ssl.protocols argument with a value such as TLSv1.2 or TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2 to specify one or more protocol versions that limit handshake with the mail server to the protocol versions specified. Depending on the Java version in use and possible modifications of the java.security file a number of protocols could be enabled that might not match the mail server's capabilities. Typically SSL handshaking starts from the highest protocol version accepted by both parties. However, it is not guaranteed that protocol negotiation will work perfectly. In such a situation it is recommended that the protocol version is specified using this argument.
  • For authentication the following settings are used:
    • the mail.smtp.user setting is assigned the SMTP user account.
    • the mail.smtp.password setting is assigned the password.
  • When using OAuth2 authentication then the following settings are used:
    • the mail.smtp.auth setting is assigned the value true.
    • the mail.smtp.auth.mechanisms setting is assigned the value XOAUTH2.
    • the mail.smtp.user setting is assigned the OAuth2 user account.
    • the mail.smtp.password setting is assigned the OAuth2 access token.
    • Some mail servers such as smtp.office365.com might require the older SASL mechanism to be used:
      • the mail.smtp.sasl.mechanisms.oauth2.oauthToken setting is assigned the OAuth2 access token.
      • the mail.smtp.password setting is not specified.

The second part of a job resource is accessed using the "Environment Variables" sub-tab as shown here:

Explanation:

• Values of environment variables are assigned the corresponding variables as explained in the previous sectio.
• The purpose of the "Environment Variables" sub-tab is to propagate variables to shell jobs, should you operate jobs that require such environment variables for parameterization purposes.
• Note that the JITL MailJob is a job running in the Java Virtual Machine. It is not a shell job and therefore does not use environment variables.

Assigning a Job Resource for Mail Settings

Once a job resource has been created and deployed it can be assigned the JITL MailJob to populate the job's arguments as shown in this screenshot:

Documentation

The Job Documentation including the full list of arguments can be found under: https://www.sos-berlin.com/doc/JS7-JITL/MailJob.xml

The MailJob class accepts the following arguments:

The MailJob can be used with a credential store to hold sensitive arguments. For use of the credential_store_* arguments see JS7 - Use of Credential Store with JITL Jobs.

Further Resources

Links

• JS7 - JITL Common Variables
• JS7 - Job Resources
• JS7 - Use of Credential Store with JITL Jobs

References

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