RadicalMart Message: Email

RadicalMart Message: Email is a messaging plugin for RadicalMart that delivers system and business notifications via email. It acts as a transport layer for RadicalMart message events and does not implement business logic itself.

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Purpose

This plugin provides email delivery for messages generated by RadicalMart.

It is responsible only for:

• receiving prepared message payloads,
• rendering email content,
• sending emails using Joomla mail services.

All decisions about when, why, and to whom a message is sent are handled by RadicalMart core or other plugins.

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What this plugin does

• Listens to RadicalMart message events.
• Converts message payloads into email messages.
• Supports HTML and plain-text email formats.
• Uses Joomla mail configuration and transport.
• Ensures consistent email delivery for orders, statuses, and system notifications.

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What this plugin does NOT do

• ❌ Does not decide when messages are created
• ❌ Does not calculate recipients
• ❌ Does not contain order or business logic
• ❌ Does not replace Joomla mail configuration

This plugin is a delivery channel, not a workflow controller.

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Architecture role

In the RadicalMart messaging system:

RadicalMart Core / Plugins
↓
Message Event
↓
Message Transport Plugins
↓
Email

This plugin represents the email transport implementation.

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Message flow

1. RadicalMart creates a message payload.
2. A message event is triggered.
3. The Email Message plugin receives the payload.
4. Email content is rendered.
5. The message is sent using Joomla mailer.

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Configuration

The plugin has minimal configuration options.

Email delivery relies on:

• Joomla global mail settings
• Site language and templates
• Message payload structure provided by RadicalMart

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Installation

1. Install the plugin via Joomla: System → Install → Extensions
2. Enable the plugin: System → Manage → Plugins → “RadicalMart Message: Email”

The plugin can be enabled safely without additional configuration.

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Intended usage

This plugin is intended to be used together with:

• RadicalMart order processing
• Status change notifications
• Custom message-producing plugins

It can be replaced or extended by alternative message transports (e.g. SMS, API, queue-based systems).

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Developer notes

• Email formatting is isolated from business logic.
• Message payload structure is defined by RadicalMart.
• The plugin follows RadicalMart’s event-driven messaging architecture.