Difference between revisions of "Mail"
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Subject: Subject of your mail | Subject: Subject of your mail | ||
email text | email text | ||
+ | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
+ | |||
+ | Python email sender found in [[https://docs.python.org/2/library/email-examples.html|the python docs]] | ||
+ | <syntaxhighlight lang=python> | ||
+ | import smtplib | ||
+ | from email import encoders | ||
+ | from email.message import Message | ||
+ | from email.mime.base import MIMEBase | ||
+ | from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart | ||
+ | from email.mime.text import MIMEText | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | def main(): | ||
+ | attachement = fileapath | ||
+ | mailto = you@domain.tld | ||
+ | mailsubject = 'What this is about' | ||
+ | mailtext = "Hi,\n\nI'd like to send you an email.\n\nBest Regards\n\nMe." | ||
+ | sendmail(mailto,mailsubject,mailtext,attachment) | ||
+ | return | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | def sendmail(mailto,mailsubject,mailtext,attachment): | ||
+ | filename = attachment.split('/')[-1] | ||
+ | outer = MIMEMultipart() | ||
+ | outer['Subject'] = mailsubject | ||
+ | outer['To'] = mailto | ||
+ | msg = MIMEText(mailtext,_subtype='plain') | ||
+ | outer.attach(msg) | ||
+ | ctype = 'application/octet-stream' | ||
+ | maintype, subtype = ctype.split('/', 1) | ||
+ | fp = open(attachment, 'rb') | ||
+ | msg = MIMEBase(maintype, subtype) | ||
+ | msg.set_payload(fp.read()) | ||
+ | fp.close() | ||
+ | # Encode the payload using Base64 | ||
+ | encoders.encode_base64(msg) | ||
+ | # Set the filename parameter | ||
+ | msg.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment', filename=filename) | ||
+ | outer.attach(msg) | ||
+ | composed = outer.as_string() | ||
+ | s = smtplib.SMTP('localhost') | ||
+ | s.sendmail('', mailto , composed) | ||
+ | s.quit() | ||
+ | return | ||
+ | |||
+ | main() | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> |
Revision as of 21:25, 11 September 2018
Sending mail with sendmail
sendmail -t < <messagefile>
- Send the email as in <messagefile>
The email headers are in <messagefile>. That should look like:
From: me@mydomain.tld
To: user@domain.tld
Subject: Subject of your mail
email text
Python email sender found in [python docs]
import smtplib
from email import encoders
from email.message import Message
from email.mime.base import MIMEBase
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
def main():
attachement = fileapath
mailto = you@domain.tld
mailsubject = 'What this is about'
mailtext = "Hi,\n\nI'd like to send you an email.\n\nBest Regards\n\nMe."
sendmail(mailto,mailsubject,mailtext,attachment)
return
def sendmail(mailto,mailsubject,mailtext,attachment):
filename = attachment.split('/')[-1]
outer = MIMEMultipart()
outer['Subject'] = mailsubject
outer['To'] = mailto
msg = MIMEText(mailtext,_subtype='plain')
outer.attach(msg)
ctype = 'application/octet-stream'
maintype, subtype = ctype.split('/', 1)
fp = open(attachment, 'rb')
msg = MIMEBase(maintype, subtype)
msg.set_payload(fp.read())
fp.close()
# Encode the payload using Base64
encoders.encode_base64(msg)
# Set the filename parameter
msg.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment', filename=filename)
outer.attach(msg)
composed = outer.as_string()
s = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
s.sendmail('', mailto , composed)
s.quit()
return
main()