dfx81/cbse-mailer

[ASSIGNMENT] A simple mailer created for component-based development assignment. Created using .NET

cbse-mailer

A simple mailer created for component-based development assignment. Created using .NET

Components

1. Mailer.dll - Provides method to send simple emails under namespace MailUtils
2. MailScheduler.dll - Provides method to create a mailing list based on given data under namespace MailScheduler

Mailer.dll Interfaces:

Constructor

public Mailer(string host, int port, string user, string pass)

- host : string = The address of the SMTP server
- port : int = The port used by the SMTP server
- user : string = The email address used to access the SMTP server
- pass : string = The password for the email used to access the SMTP server

Methods

public void SendMail(string from, string to, string subject, string body)

- from : string = The sender's email address
- to : string = The recipient's email address
- subject : string = The subject of the email
- body : string = The body of the email

MailScheduler.dll Interfaces:

Methods

public static List<List<string>> CreateMailList(string[][] data)

- data: string[][] = The data to be used to construct the mailing list

RETURNS:
- A list of list of string containing the list of mails to be sent

Data Format

The scheduler accepts data with the following formatting:

[
    ["target email address", "subject", "raw date string"],
    [...],
    [...],
] : string[][]

The raw date string used are in the following format:

"yyyy, mm, dd" : string

The mailing list returned from the CreateMailingList() method is in the following format:

[
    ["target email address", "raw metadata 1", ..., ...],
    [...],
    [...],
] : List<List<string>>

* Subsequent elements after the target's email address is always additional mail metadata

The raw metadata string used are in the following format:

"subject;yyyy, mm, dd" : string

Running the Sample Program:

USAGE:
$ Test.exe <email address> <email password>
$ Test.exe <smtp address> <smtp port> <email address> <email password>

Using the Components:

1. Download the components from the release page.
2. Add a reference to the downloaded .dll files using the dotnet CLI.
3. Use it in your project.