+

+import com.atlassian.crowd.embedded.api.User

+import com.atlassian.jira.bc.projectroles.ProjectRoleService

+import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

+import com.atlassian.jira.util.SimpleErrorCollection

+import com.atlassian.mail.Email

+import com.atlassian.mail.queue.SingleMailQueueItem

+

+def projectRoleService = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(ProjectRoleService)

+def projectManager = ComponentAccessor.getProjectManager()

+

+def errorCollection = new SimpleErrorCollection()

+def projectRole = projectRoleService.getProjectRoleByName("Developers", errorCollection)

+assert ! errorCollection.hasAnyErrors() // failed to get role

+

+def actors = projectRoleService.getProjectRoleActors(projectRole, projectManager.getProjectObjByKey("JRA"), errorCollection)

+assert ! errorCollection.hasAnyErrors() // failed to get actors

+

+def users = actors.getRoleActors()*.users.flatten() as List<User>

+

+def email = new Email("", "", users*.emailAddress.join(",")) // bcc everyone

+email.setSubject("some subject")

+email.setBody("the body...")

+// email.setMimeType("text/html") // for html

+

+SingleMailQueueItem item = new SingleMailQueueItem(email);

+ComponentAccessor.getMailQueue().addItem(item);