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A simple mailer for geeks who don't like to leave their terminal. P.S. Can send attachments from terminal.
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import smtplib, os | |
from email import Encoders | |
from email.Utils import COMMASPACE, formatdate | |
from email.MIMEText import MIMEText | |
from email.MIMEBase import MIMEBase | |
from email.MIMEMultipart import MIMEMultipart | |
import argparse | |
import sys | |
#INFO | |
#Can be used with gmail accounts only. | |
#Can send to multiple recievers at once. | |
#TODO | |
#1. Catch for wrong username and password | |
#2. Catch for invalid sender or reciever | |
#3. Catch for file size greater than 25 mb | |
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() | |
parser.add_argument('-u', '--username', nargs='?', required=True) | |
parser.add_argument('-p', '--password', nargs='?', required=True) | |
parser.add_argument('-s', '--sender', nargs='?', required=True) | |
parser.add_argument('-r', '--recievers', nargs='+', required=True) | |
parser.add_argument('-a', '--attachments', nargs='+', default = []) | |
parser.add_argument('-m', '--message', nargs='+', required=True) | |
parser.add_argument('-S', '--subject', nargs='+', required=True) | |
args = parser.parse_args() | |
username = args.username | |
password = args.password | |
sender = args.sender | |
recievers = args.recievers | |
files = args.attachments | |
subject = ' '.join(args.subject) | |
message = ' '.join(args.message) | |
def send_mail(send_from, send_to, subject, text, files=[], server="localhost"): | |
msg = MIMEMultipart() | |
msg['From'] = send_from | |
msg['To'] = COMMASPACE.join(send_to) | |
msg['Date'] = formatdate(localtime=True) | |
msg['Subject'] = subject | |
msg.attach( MIMEText(text) ) | |
for f in files: | |
part = MIMEBase('application', "octet-stream") | |
part.set_payload( open(f,"rb").read() ) | |
Encoders.encode_base64(part) | |
part.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="%s"' % os.path.basename(f)) | |
msg.attach(part) | |
server.sendmail(send_from, send_to, msg.as_string()) | |
server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com') | |
server.starttls() | |
server.login(username,password) | |
send_mail(sender, recievers, subject, message, files, server) | |
server.close() |
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Can you give me some more details about how you are trying to use it or if you have tried to make some changes in the script.