Thank you, Anthony I will try this and re-read ch 3.
On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 7:51:09 PM UTC-5, greaneym wrote: > > Hello, > > In testing the registration on my app, I am confused about how to send a > new > user an email. > > When a new user is registering using the defaults that come with web2py, > I can see in the db that for a new user, there is a field > db.auth_user.email, > so I am trying to use that to send a mail to the new user, and using > the "logging" mechanism to test. > > in the model db.py I try adding this: > > newuser = db(db.auth_user.email==email).select() > mail.send(to=['newuser'], > subject='Welcome, etc.', > # If reply_to is omitted, then mail.settings.sender is used > reply_to='myemailaddr...@gmail.com', > message='You will be able to login when you receive another > email stat > ing that the registration is completed.'), > > > Also tried > mail.send(to'['db.auth_user.email'], > > in both cases the To: field gets populated with exactly those fields, > > To: newuser or To: db.auth_user.email > > How do I access this variable please? > > I don't see an example in the book or the cookbook, or in the web2py-users > group > that explains in a way I understand. > > thanks for any help, > Margaret > > --
