emailer

emailer.sh

#!/bin/bash

FILENAME=$1

if [ -z "$FILENAME" ]; then
        echo "First argument must by file of emails and names"
        exit 1
fi

FROM="Xing Yi <xingyi@u.washington.edu>"
SUBJECT="CHANGE ME TO SOMETHING"

env > outenv

cat $FILENAME | while read input; do
        addr=`echo $input | awk -F, '{print $1;}'`
        fname=`echo $input | awk -F, '{print $2;}'`

        read -d '' email <<EOSTUFF
To: $fname <$addr>
From: $FROM
Subject: $SUBJECT

hey $fname, we gotta do stuff.
EOSTUFF

        echo "$email"

        echo "$email" | sendmail -i $addr

        if test $? -ne 0 ; then
                echo "ERROR SENDING EMAIL"
                exit 1
        fi
done