Thanks! Now it works, but the email-ext needs a lot of configuration to
make it do what I want to, so i hope that one day the default mailer will
resolve variables too ...
On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 11:41:22 AM UTC+2, slide wrote:
>
> The default mailer does not do token replacement in any field. If you want
> that functionality, you need to use email-ext.
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 2:36 AM Erik Vande Velde <vandeve...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> (1) The release I'm running is 1.583
>> (2) I'm using the regular mailer, not the extended one
>> (3) I copy pasted the name of the variable, I'm 100% sure it is correct
>> (4) I put an 'env' command in the job configuration (as our jenkins runs
>> on windows), and is showing my variable
>> So i'm sure the problem is that the mailer doesn't pick up my variable,
>> while it exists in the jenkins environment.
>> A question: when you look at your job's console output do you see
>> ${DAQ_MX_email_list} or the resolved variable value ?
>>
>> On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 3:51:28 PM UTC+2,
>> matthew...@diamond.ac.uk wrote:
>>
>>> We use variables exactly as per your method (1), and it just works.
>>> Syntax is ${DAQ_MX_email_list}.
>>>
>>> You’re going to need to give us a bit more info about your configuration.
>>>
>>> What release of Jenkins are your running? Are you using the regular
>>> mailer, or the extended email plugin?
>>>
>>> Sorry to ask, but I assume that you have checked the spelling or the
>>> variable name.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Can I suggest adding a build step that does an echo “$mail_list”? You
>>> need to work out whether the problem is that the variable is not set, or
>>> whether it is set, but the mailer is not picking it up.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope that helps
>>>
>>> Matthew
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> *From:* jenkins...@googlegroups.com [mailto:jenkins...@googlegroups.com] *On
>>> Behalf Of *Erik Vande Velde
>>>
>>
>>> *Sent:* 20 April 2016 14:14
>>> *To:* Jenkins Users
>>> *Cc:* Erik Vande [FGCB] Velde
>>> *Subject:* How can we use a variable for E-mail Notification Recipients
>>> field of a job ?
>>>
>>
>>>
>>> I tried the following:
>>>
>>> (1) define a global variable in Jenkins - Manage Jenkins - Configure
>>> system, and refer to it with ${mail_list} => the variable was not resolved
>>>
>>> (2) define properties in a local properties file, and access them from
>>> the EnvInject plugin => the variable is again unresolved
>>>
>>> According to
>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21224481/how-to-set-environment-variable-so-that-it-can-be-used-in-jenkins
>>>
>>> we have to reference the variable with "$email_list"
>>>
>>> => none of "$email_list",$email_list and ${email_list} seem to work for
>>> me
>>>
>>> (3) I had a brief look at extended mail plugin documentation, and they
>>> don't talk about using a variable for the recipient either ...
>>>
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