Question

I have created a custom script to import a bulk number of customers to magento database. What client needed is for each 100 customers import they needed a mail about whats going on and status of the importing.

So how can i use the magento mailing functionality so that i can create a template to send mail as like magento does. Please help me

Answer 1

Also can do the mailing functionality of ZEND

Here is the code

$mail_body = "<h3> These are ordered by you in the event - '".$customer_event."' </h3> <br/>".  $email_body;        
        $to_email = $email;
        $to_name  = $customer_name;
        $subject  = 'Orders';
        $Body     = $body;
        $sender_email = "[e-mail]";
        $sender_name  = "mail";


        $html = new Zend_View();
        $html->setScriptPath('app/locale/en_US/template/email/');

        $html->assign('customer_name', $customer_name);
        $html->assign('email', $to_email);
        $html->assign('password', $password);
        $html->assign('site_url', Mage::getUrl(""));
        $html->assign('site_skin_url', Mage::getDesign()->getSkinUrl("images/"));
        $html->assign('site_order_url', Mage::getUrl("").'Event.php?id='.$id.'&cart_id='.$cart_id);
        $html->assign('site_name', 'Winecellarage');
        $html->assign('site_data', $mail_body);

        $Body_text= $html->render($template);
        $mail = new Zend_Mail('utf-8');     
        $mail->setBodyHtml($Body_text); 
        $mail->setFrom($sender_email, $sender_name);
        $mail->addTo($to_email, $to_name);
        //$mail->addCc($cc, $ccname);   
        //$mail->addBCc($bcc, $bccname);  
        $mail->setSubject($subject);
        try {
              if($mail->send())
              {
                $msg .= "<p>Mail sent successfully to '$to_email' </p>";
              }
        }
        catch(Exception $ex) {
                $err .= '<p>'.$error_msg = $ex->getMessage()."</p>";
        }       

This one is working exactly what i wanted. So may be useful to some one.