Send TransactionalEmail

<?php
/**
* $templateId can be set to numeric or string type value.
* You can use Id of transactional emails (found in
* "System->Trasactional Emails"). But better practice is
* to create a config for this and use xml path to fetch
* email template info (whatever from file/db).
*/
const EMAIL_TEMPLATE_XML_PATH = 'customer/testemail/email_template';
$templateId = Mage::getStoreConfig(EMAIL_TEMPLATE_XML_PATH);
 
$mailSubject = 'HI this is a test mail.';
 
/**
* $sender can be of type string or array. You can set identity of
* diffrent Store emails (like 'support', 'sales', etc.) found
* in "System->Configuration->General->Store Email Addresses"
*/
$sender = Array('name'  => 'S. M. Asad Rahman',
	'email' => '[email protected]');
 
/**
* In case of multiple recipient use array here.
*/
$email = '[email protected]';
 
/**
* If $name = null, then magento will parse the email id
* and use the base part as name.
*/
$name = 'Asad Rahman';
 
$vars = Array();
/* An example how you can pass magento objects and normal variables*/
/*
$vars = Array('customer'=>$customer,
'address' =>$address,
'varification_data'=>'fake data for example');*/
 
/*This is optional*/
$storeId = Mage::app()->getStore()->getId(); 
 
$translate  = Mage::getSingleton('core/translate');
Mage::getModel('core/email_template')
->setTemplateSubject($mailSubject)
->sendTransactional($templateId, $sender, $email, $name, $vars, $storeId);
$translate->setTranslateInline(true);
?>