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hari azmeera 8hari azmeera 8 

send an email from apex

Amit Chaudhary 8Amit Chaudhary 8
Please check below post for same
1) http://amitsalesforce.blogspot.in/2015/11/singleemailmessage-vs-massemailmessage.html
2) http://amitsalesforce.blogspot.in/2015/11/default-from-address-while-sending.html
  
public void SendEmail()
{
 List<contact> lstcon=[Select id from contact limit 2];
 List<Id> lstids= new List<Id>();
 for(Contact c:lstcon)
 {
  lstids.add(c.id);
 }
 EmailTemplate et=[Select id from EmailTemplate where name = 'EmailTemplatename' limit 1];
 
 Messaging.MassEmailMessage mail = new Messaging.MassEmailMessage();
 mail.setTargetObjectIds(lstIds);
 mail.setSenderDisplayName('System Admin');
 mail.setTemplateId(et.id);
 Messaging.sendEmail(new Messaging.MassEmailMessage[] { mail });
}

Please let us know if this will help you

Thanks,
Amit Chaudhary
Mahesh DMahesh D
Hi Hari,

Mass Emailing
Pros
  • Is generally faster for the user (you go through a wizard once instead of once per contact.)
Cons
  • Cannot customize the email template on a per-contact basis
  • Might not be able to create a filter to select the recipients
  • Visualforce email templates cannot be used
Individual Emailing

Pros
  • Can customize the email template before sending if you select a text template
  • Does not require Extended Mail Merge to be activated
  • Does not require a filter to select recipient
Cons
  • Time consuming for a large number of emails

Single email and Mass email options are avaialble both on UI and the Platform options in Salesforce. 
 
Single email in UI can be used by workflows, alerts and notifications etc, where as mass emails can be used in the UI to send mass emails to contacts and leads using a template. 
 
Through APEX we can use the same functionality with additional programming and logic. 
 
See the links below, 
 
Email Overview: 
 
https://help.salesforce.com/apex/HTViewHelpDoc?id=email.htm&language=en
 
Single email:
 
http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api/Content/sforce_api_calls_sendemail.htm
 
http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_forcecom_email_outbound.htm

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_classes_email_outbound_single.htm
 
Mass email: 
 
https://help.salesforce.com/HTViewHelpDoc?id=email_mass.htm&language=en_US
 
https://help.salesforce.com/apex/HTViewHelpDoc?id=email_mass_notes.htm&language=en

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_classes_email_outbound_mass.htm
 
Apex: 
 
http://wiki.developerforce.com/page/An_Introduction_To_Email_Services_on_Force.com

Few more useful URLs:

https://www.sundoginteractive.com/blog/five-points-to-remember-when-sending-emails-with-salesforce

http://sfdcsrini.blogspot.com/2014/11/outbound-email-services-in-salesforce.html

http://salesforceondemand.blog.com/2012/01/27/to-send-email-from-apex-using-email-template/

http://www.soliantconsulting.com/blog/2009/07/how-to-avoid-governor-limits-with-sendemail-in-apex

Please do let me know if it helps you.

Regards,
Mahesh