mail

/**
     * Sends an email to the user.
     * This methods expects a complete message that includes to, from, subject, and body
     *
     * @param YiiMailMessage $message the message to be sent to the user
     * @return boolean returns true if the message was sent successfully or false if unsuccessful
     */
    private function sendEmail(YiiMailMessage $message)
    {
        $sendStatus = false;
 
        if (Yii::app()->mail->send($message) > 0)
            $sendStatus = true;
 
        return $sendStatus;
    }

public static function sendMailTemplate($template,$to,$subst=array(),$type='text/plain') {
   $message = new YiiMailMessage;
   $message->view = $template;
   $message->setBody($subst, 'text/plain','utf-8');
   # get subject
   $body = $message->message->getBody();
   $lines = explode("\n",$body);
   $subject = array_shift($lines);
   $message->message->setBody(implode("\n",$lines),
       $message->message->getContentType()
   );
   # set, send
   $message->setSubject($subject);
   $message->addTo($to);
   $message->from = Yii::app()->params['adminEmail'];
   Yii::app()->mail->send($message);
}

public function addPart($body='', $contentType=null, $charset = null){
        if ($this->view !== null) {
            if (!is_array($body))
                $body = array('body'=>$body);
            if(isset(Yii::app()->controller))
                $controller = Yii::app()->controller;
            else
                $controller = new CController('YiiMail');
 
            // renderPartial won't work with CConsoleApplication, so use 
            // renderInternal - this requires that we use an actual path to the 
            // view rather than the usual alias
            $viewPath = Yii::getPathOfAlias(Yii::app()->mail->viewPath.'.'.$this->view).'.php';
            $body = $controller->renderInternal($viewPath, array_merge($body, array('mail'=>$this)), true);                
        }   
        return $this->message->addPart($body, $contentType, $charset);
    }

$msg = new YiiMailMessage();
...
$msg->view = 'path.to.html.view';
$msg->setBody(array('model' => $model), 'text/html');
$msg->view = 'path.to.plain.view';
$msg->addPart(array('model' => $model), 'text/plain');
Yii::app()->mail->send($msg);

//JJD $viewPath = Yii::getPathOfAlias(Yii::app()->mail->viewPath.'.'.$this->view).'.php';
$viewPath = $controller->getViewFile(Yii::app()->mail->viewPath.'.'.$this->view);

$message->setFrom(email_from, name_from);
$message->setTo(array( email_to => name_to));

from   email_to   name_from
to     email_to   name_to

'import'=>array(
    ...
    'application.extensions.yii-mail.*',
    ...
),
...
'components'=>array(
    ...
    'mail' => array(
        'class' => 'application.extensions.yii-mail.YiiMail',
        'transportType'=>'smtp', /// case sensitive!
        'transportOptions'=>array(
            'host'=>'smtp.gmail.com',
            'username'=>'yourgoogleemail@gmail.com',
            // or email@googleappsdomain.com
            'password'=>'yourgooglemailpassword',
            'port'=>'465',
            'encryption'=>'ssl',
            ),
        'viewPath' => 'application.views.mail',
        'logging' => true,
        'dryRun' => false
    ),
    ...
),

public function actionContact()
{
    $model=new ContactForm;
    if(isset($_POST['ContactForm']))
    {
        $model->attributes=$_POST['ContactForm'];
        if($model->validate())
        {
            $message = new YiiMailMessage();
 
            $message->setTo(
            array('myemail@mydomain.com'=>'myname'));
            $message->setFrom(array($model->email=>$model->name));
            $message->setSubject($model->subject);
            $message->setBody($model->body);
 
            $numsent = Yii::app()->mail->send($message);
 
            Yii::app()->user->setFlash('contact',
            'Emails sent:'.$numsent.'\n'.
            'Thank you for contacting us. We will respond to you as         
            soon as possible.');
            $this->refresh();
        }
    }
    $this->render('contact',array('model'=>$model));
}

// Create an email transport
$mailer = new YiiMail();
$mailer->transportType='smtp';
$mailer->transportOptions=array(
'host'=>'smtp.gmail.com',
'username'=>'yourgmail@gmail.com',
'password'=>'yourgmailpassword',
'port'=>'465',
'encryption'=>'ssl',
);
 
$message = new YiiMailMessage(); //, $contentType, $charset)
...
 
// Use the email transport
$numsent = $mailer->send($message);

'mail' => array(
                'class' => 'application.extensions.mail.YiiMail',
                'transportType' => 'smtp',
                'transportOptions' => array(
                    'host' => 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx',
                    'username' => 'username',
                    'password' => 'password',                   
                ),
                'viewPath' => 'application.views.mail',
                'logging' => true,
                'dryRun' => false
            ),

$msg = 'Sending email to '.implode(', ', array_keys($message->to))."\n".

$msg = 'Sending email to '.implode(', ', array_keys((array)$message->to))."\n".