+=item notify CUSTOMER_OBJECT TEMPLATE_NAME OPTIONS
+
+Sends a templated email notification to the customer (see L<Text::Template>).
+
+OPTIONS is a hash and may include
+
+I<from> - the email sender (default is invoice_from)
+
+I<to> - comma-separated scalar or arrayref of recipients
+ (default is invoicing_list)
+
+I<subject> - The subject line of the sent email notification
+ (default is "Notice from company_name")
+
+I<extra_fields> - a hashref of name/value pairs which will be substituted
+ into the template
+
+The following variables are vavailable in the template.
+
+I<$first> - the customer first name
+I<$last> - the customer last name
+I<$company> - the customer company
+I<$payby> - a description of the method of payment for the customer
+ # would be nice to use FS::payby::shortname
+I<$payinfo> - the account information used to collect for this customer
+I<$expdate> - the expiration of the customer payment in seconds from epoch
+
+=cut
+
+sub notify {
+ my ($customer, $template, %options) = @_;
+
+ return unless $conf->exists($template);
+
+ my $from = $conf->config('invoice_from') if $conf->exists('invoice_from');
+ $from = $options{from} if exists($options{from});
+
+ my $to = join(',', $customer->invoicing_list_emailonly);
+ $to = $options{to} if exists($options{to});
+
+ my $subject = "Notice from " . $conf->config('company_name')
+ if $conf->exists('company_name');
+ $subject = $options{subject} if exists($options{subject});
+
+ my $notify_template = new Text::Template (TYPE => 'ARRAY',
+ SOURCE => [ map "$_\n",
+ $conf->config($template)]
+ )
+ or die "can't create new Text::Template object: Text::Template::ERROR";
+ $notify_template->compile()
+ or die "can't compile template: Text::Template::ERROR";
+
+ my $paydate = $customer->paydate;
+ $FS::notify_template::_template::first = $customer->first;
+ $FS::notify_template::_template::last = $customer->last;
+ $FS::notify_template::_template::company = $customer->company;
+ $FS::notify_template::_template::payinfo = $customer->mask_payinfo;
+ my $payby = $customer->payby;
+ my ($payyear,$paymonth,$payday) = split (/-/,$paydate);
+ my $expire_time = timelocal(0,0,0,$payday,--$paymonth,$payyear);
+
+ #credit cards expire at the end of the month/year of their exp date
+ if ($payby eq 'CARD' || $payby eq 'DCRD') {
+ $FS::notify_template::_template::payby = 'credit card';
+ ($paymonth < 11) ? $paymonth++ : ($paymonth=0, $payyear++);
+ $expire_time = timelocal(0,0,0,$payday,$paymonth,$payyear);
+ $expire_time--;
+ }elsif ($payby eq 'COMP') {
+ $FS::notify_template::_template::payby = 'complimentary account';
+ }else{
+ $FS::notify_template::_template::payby = 'current method';
+ }
+ $FS::notify_template::_template::expdate = $expire_time;
+
+ for (keys %{$options{extra_fields}}){
+ no strict "refs";
+ ${"FS::notify_template::_template::$_"} = $options{extra_fields}->{$_};
+ }
+
+ send_email(from => $from,
+ to => $to,
+ subject => $subject,
+ body => $notify_template->fill_in( PACKAGE =>
+ 'FS::notify_template::_template' ),
+ );
+
+}
+