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Wiki description

Get the next queued email that comes from address, with specified subject.

Function notes

If address or subject an empty string, then that parameter will be treated as a wildcard.

Specification

The email event will be triggered only if address and subject match
  • Neither parameter is case sensitive.
  • If a parameter is an empty string, then that parameter will be treated as a wildcard, matches anything.
  • If both parameters are empty strings then the first email in the queue will be matched.
  • The email queue is FIFO.

Examples

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llOwnerSay("My email address is: " + (string)llGetKey() + "@lsl.secondlife.com");

        // check every half minute
        llSetTimerEvent(30.0);
    }
 
    timer()
    {
        //Check for emails
        llGetNextEmail("", "");
    }
 
    email(string time, string address, string subj, string message, integer num_left)
    {
          llOwnerSay("I got an email: " + subj + "\n" + message);
     }
}

See also: functions

See also: events

Original wiki source

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From the Second Life Wiki

Community documentation adapted from LlGetNextEmail, by Linden Research, Inc. and contributing residents.View contributors and history.

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