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+<?php
+
+/**
+* Class Email
+*
+* Contains static functions concerned with sending emails
+*
+* @author Rob Cherry, Jam Warehouse (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
+* @date 19 January 2003
+*/
+
+Class Email {
+
+	/**
+	* Sends an email containing a hyperlink to a specified recipient
+	*
+	* @param 	The sender's email address
+	* @param 	The sender's Name
+	* @param 	The recipients email address
+	* @param 	The subject heading for the email
+	* @param 	The Body of the email
+	* @param 	The hyperlink that should be sent
+	*
+	* @return boolean true on email successfully sent, false otherwise and set $_SESSION["errorMessage"]
+	* 
+	* @todo check for special characters (including encoding the link correctly???)
+	* @todo need to test this on multiple mail clients, not just Outlook
+	*/
+	function sendHyperLink($FromEmail, $FromName, $ToEmail, $Subject, $EmailBody, $hyperlink)
+	{
+		global $default;
+			
+		// create a new phpmailer object.
+		$mail = new phpmailer();
+		
+		//set up info
+		$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
+		$mail->Host = $default->owl_mail_server; // SMTP server
+		
+		//get info from relevant fields.
+		$mail->From = $FromEmail;
+		$mail->FromName = $FromName;
+		$mail->AddAddress($ToEmail);
+		$mail->Subject = $Subj;
+		$mail->Body = $EmailBody  . ' ' . $hyperlink;
+		$mail->WordWrap = 100;
+		$mail->IsHTML(true);
+		   
+		//send the email       
+		if(!$mail->Send()) {
+		   $_SESSION["errorMessage"] = $lang_err_email . " " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
+		   return false;	
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+	
+}
+
+?>