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Description
Event: email( string <span title="In the(string)llGetUnixTime
format" style="border-bottom:1px dotted; cursor:help;">time, string address, string subject, string message, integer num_left ){ ; }
21 | Event ID |
Triggered as a result of calling llGetNextEmail when there is an email that matches the optional filters used during the llGetNextEmail call. The email is removed from the email queue.
• string | time | – | In the (string)llGetUnixTime format
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• string | address | |||
• string | subject | |||
• string | message | |||
• integer | num_left | – | The number of emails left in the email queue |
The email queue is associated with the prim and any script in the prim has access to it.
The prim's email address is it's key with "@lsl.secondlife.com" appended, llGetKey() + "@lsl.secondlife.com"
[1].
Caveats
- The email queue is limited to 100 emails, any email after that is bounced.
- The message field may have a maximum of 1000 characters. This count includes the header information (the from address, and the subject).
- Emails sent from within SL will have the their message body prefixed with a header detailing the originating prim. See llEmail for more details.
- Due to bug SVC-23 (present since 2005), objects may stop receiving emails completely until either the region is restarted or the object crosses a region boundary (resetting the script doesn't help). Emails sent may eventually be received after a restart/region-cross. Hence, don't rely on this event for reliable inter-region messaging.
Examples
<lsl>default {
state_entry() { llSetTimerEvent(5.0); } timer() { llGetNextEmail("", ""); } email( string time, string address, string subject, string message, integer num_left ) { if (llGetSubString(address, -19, -1) == "@lsl.secondlife.com") {//Message was sent from within SL. For this example we will just strip the header. message = llDeleteSubString(message, 0, llSubStringIndex(message, "\n\n") + 1); } llSay(0, message);
if(num_left) llGetNextEmail("", ""); }
}</lsl>
Notes
For tips on how to process emails sent from within SL, see the entry on llEmail.
See Also
Functions
• | llEmail | |||
• | llGetNextEmail |