Send Email from SMTP Adapter via a Dynamic Port in BizTalk Server

Send Email from SMTP Adapter via a Dynamic Port in BizTalk Server

 

Implementing the SMTP send adapter to send an email from BizTalk requires SMPT configuration information, such as SMTP server and receipient email address. Rather tha specifying the configuration information at design time, we can use a dynamic port, which allows us to configure the information programmatically and modify it based on the message content or processing.

 

The target URL can be assigned to a dynamic port using the Expression shape.

For example:

myPort(Microsoft.XLANGS.BaseTypes.Address) = http://orders.myCompany;

 

Code snippet in the Message Assignment shape:

// Construct Message

msgSend = msgInEmail;

Note: Messages are immutable in BizTalk Server. If you want to modify a message, you must use a Construct shape to create a new message, copy the original message to the new message, and then update the fields on the new message.

 

// Set the SMTP properties based on message content.

// Reference the send port to set properties.

portSendEmail(Microsoft.XLANGs.BaseTypes.Address) = "mailto:rickie4you@rickie.com";

 

msgSend(SMTP.EmailBodyTextCharset)="UTF-8";

msgSend(SMTP.CC) = " rickie4you@rickie.com";

msgSend(SMTP.Subject) = "Send an email via BizTalk SMPT Adapter";

msgSend(SMTP.EmailBodyText) = msgInEmail.MailBody;

msgSend(SMTP.From) = "BizTalk@rickie4you.com";

msgSend(SMTP.SMTPHost) = "SMTP SERVER";

msgSend(SMTP.Username) = "USERNAME";

msgSend(SMTP.Password) = "PASSWORD";

msgSend(SMTP.SMTPAuthenticate) = 1;

 

The demo orchestration is as follows.

Configure the Send Port as a Dynamic port, which allows the physical location of a physical send port to be determined at runtime.

When the orchestration is deployed, the relevant physical send port will be created automatically, and specific binding of the orchestration to a physical send port is already done.