Sends a simple email as the script runner.
class MailApp method .sendEmail()
MailApp is the Apps Script service.
.sendEmail() is the method name you will see after a dot in your code.
What it does
Why it's used
- Quick alerts when you do not need full Gmail thread handling.
- Simple script-finished emails from triggers.
Common errors
- Forgetting parentheses on sendEmail. Write MailApp.sendEmail(), not MailApp.sendEmail or sendEmail by itself.
- Skipping dots between chained calls. Each step needs a dot, like MailApp.sendEmail().
- Adding spaces where they do not belong. Write MailApp.sendEmail(), not MailApp .sendEmail(), MailApp.sendEmail (), or MailApp . sendEmail().
- Wrong capitalization. Use MailApp and sendEmail, not mailapp or sendemail.
Snippets using this method
- Simple Inventory Management Automations
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Related methods
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.getRemainingDailyQuota()
Returns how many emails the script can still send today.
More Apps Script
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MicroManager: Hourly Email Reminders
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Send Better Email When Google Form Filled Out
Send Daily Email Updates
Simple Inventory Management Automations
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