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To send respondents an email from a survey, use the send email widget. 

EMAIL. Please enter your email address so we can enter you in our drawing to win a free iPad.
type: text
datatype: email
decline to answer: 99. Not interested

NAME. To whom should we address the email?
type: text
show if: noneChecked($QEMAIL,99)

send email
to: $QEMAIL
from: customersurvey@intellisurvey.com
subject: Thank You
text: <<ENDMSG
Thank you, $QNAME, for completing our survey.
Your opinions are important to us. To show our appreciation, we have entered your name in a drawing for a <b>free iPad</b>. 
You will be notified by email if you are our lucky winner this month.
ENDMSG
condition: noneChecked($QEMAIL,99)

Details

  • The send email widget requires four tags — to, from, subject, and text.
  • The text tag allows for the optional usage of heredoc to create multi-paragraph email text as shown above.
  • Attachments such as images, HTML files, or PDFs can be included with the attach tag (e.g., attach: logo.jpg). All attachment files, including images, must be stored in the Files applet's _s directory.
  • HTML-formatted messages can be sent by using the html tag instead of the text tag.

Commonly used tags

The following tags can be included with the send email widget.

Tag Description
always Specifies whether an email message is sent every time a respondent views a page that triggers the message's send command.
attach Specifies the name of the file to attach.
bcc Specifies an email address, or a comma-separated list of email addresses, that should receive a blind copy (bcc).
bcc name Specifies a name to insert in place of the blind copy (bcc) email address.
cc Specifies an email address, or a comma-separated list of email addresses, that should receive a copy (cc) of the email.
cc name Specifies a name to insert in place of the copy (cc) address.
charset

Sets the text encoding system to be used in the message. If not specified, the same encoding system as the survey is used.
condition Specifies logic that must be true to send the email.
from Required; specifies the source (From) email address, or a comma-separated list of email addresses.
from name Specifies a name to insert instead of the source (From) email address.
html Use in place of the text tag to send an HTML version of the email.
html file Specifies the HTML file name to use for the email message. The file must be stored in the _s directory.
language Specifies the language the email was written in.
onload Specifies that an email should be sent when a survey page is loaded instead of when the page is submitted.
plaintext Specifies that the email message should be sent as plain text only. Accepts 'y' input.
subject Required; specifies the email's subject.
text

Required; specifies the email message.
text file Specifies the ASCII text file name to use for the email message. The file must be stored in the _s directory.
to Required; specifies the target (To) email address, or a comma-separated list of email addresses.
to name Specifies a descriptive name to insert instead of the target (To) address.

Additional examples

Sending an email with HTML

If your email requires HTML formatting, substitute the html tag for the text tag. Heredoc should be included for multiline/multi-paragraph messages as shown below. Enter your email to see the results of the HTML formatting in the message.

The attach tag has been included to attach a PDF of a short survey on music preferences.

 

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