Here´s an example combining Zend mail and Zend View for easy mail templating.
$mailbody = new Zend_View(); $mailbody->setScriptPath(Zend_Registry::get('config')->email->folder); $mailbody->somevar = 'blablablieblabloo'; $mailtext = $mailbody->render('welcomemailtemplate.txt'); $mail = new Zend_Mail(); $mail->setBodyText($mailtext); $mail->setFrom('dude@whatever.com', 'somedude who works at whatever.com'); $mail->addTo('someone@recipient.com', 'someone'); $mail->setSubject('blablabliebla_subject'); $mail->send();