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send emails with command line, sendmail and python
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#!/usr/local/bin/python | |
from sys import stdin | |
from os import popen, system | |
from subprocess import check_output | |
logo = """ | |
___ __ _____ _ _ | |
/ __\ / / \_ \ /\/\ __ _ (_) | | _ __ _ _ | |
/ / / / / /\/ / \ / _` | | | | | | '_ \ | | | | | |
/ /___ / /___ /\/ /_ / /\/\ \ | (_| | | | | | _ | |_) | | |_| | | |
\____/ \____/ \____/ \/ \/ \__,_| |_| |_| (_) | .__/ \__, | | |
|_| |___/ | |
Send emails via Sendmail. | |
""" | |
print logo | |
SENDMAIL = str(check_output(['which', 'sendmail'])).strip() | |
if SENDMAIL == '': | |
print """Sendmail is not installed. | |
Try 'sudo apt-get install sendmail'.""" | |
print '=============================================================' | |
print 'From: ' | |
sender = stdin.readline() | |
print '=============================================================' | |
print 'To: ' | |
receiver = stdin.readline() | |
print '=============================================================' | |
print 'Subject: ' | |
subject = stdin.readline() | |
print '=============================================================' | |
print """Text: | |
Use <ctrl-d> to send.""" | |
text = stdin.readlines() | |
print "\n" | |
print '=============================================================' | |
p = popen("%s -t" % SENDMAIL, "w") | |
p.write("From: %s" % sender) | |
p.write("To: %s" % receiver) | |
p.write("Subject: %s" % subject) | |
# blank line separating headers from body | |
p.write("\n") | |
for line in text: | |
p.write(line) | |
sts = p.close() | |
if sts != 0: | |
print "\n" | |
print 'Your mail has been successfully sent. Sendmail exit status', sts | |
print "\n" | |
print 'Summary:' | |
print "\n" | |
print 'From:', sender | |
print '=============================================================' | |
print 'To:', receiver | |
print '=============================================================' | |
print 'Subject:', subject | |
print '=============================================================' | |
print 'Text:', text | |
print "\n" | |
print '=============================================================' | |
# via smtp | |
# import sys, smtplib | |
# fromaddr = raw_input("From: ") | |
# toaddrs = string.splitfields(raw_input("To: "), ',') | |
# print "Enter message, end with ^D:" | |
# msg = '' | |
# while 1: | |
# line = sys.stdin.readline() | |
# if not line: | |
# break | |
# msg = msg + line | |
# # The actual mail send | |
# server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost') | |
# server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddrs, msg) | |
# server.quit() |
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