Mailgen Scripts (formats)

For the overall concept of mailgen scripts (also: formats), please see Mailgen Scripts.

Format spec (also: table format)

The format spec specifies which parts of the data event will become part of the data sent (usually CSV format) in the notifications (usually e-mail).

This corresponds to the CSV columns in most cases.

The format spec can be set in different ways for the notifications. The order is the following:

1. The table format specified by the mailgen script: create_notifications returning context.mail_format_as_csv(table_format, ...)

2. The parameter passed to cb.create_notifications/cb.send_notifications/cb.start/cb.mailgen/intelmqmail.notification.ScriptContext. IntelMQ Webinput CSV uses this.

3. The internal default, see intelmqmail.notification.ScriptContext

Different Envelope-To from Header-To

Normally, the recipient (Header-To and Envelope-To) of the E-Mail is the recipient_address of the Directive. Format Scripts can generate EmailNotification objects with a differing Envelope-To.

context.mail_format_as_csv takes an argument envelope_tos with a list of email-addresses. The Header-To is always taken from the directive.

This feature can be used to send a copy of notifications to internal contacts, with the original Header-To intact, possibly with different template or format than the original notification.