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airlift

E-mail distribution automation with specific individual payload.

Description

Takes all email-labeled files (e.g., '[email protected]') from a folder and sends an email with the corresponding file to each individual. For Python 3.7.5.

Dependencies

  • Modules: smtplib, ssl, os,re getpass.
  • Packages: email.mime.text, email.mime.multipart, email.utils, email.
  • Specific objects: MIMEText, MIMEMultipart, MIMEBase, formataddr, formatdate, encoders.
  • Attachement files (e.g., excel files '.xlsx') with the user mail as filename.

Installing (terminal)

Clone repo from git.

git clone github.com/gnxmanu/airlift.git

Executing Program

User-specific variables need to be determined prior to execution (see Arguments). Afterwards run after cd into the .py location.

python airlift.py

Arguments

Change the folder path in

# Extract user info
    path = "/Users/USERNAME/Folder_Containing_Payload_Files"

for that where the files are located.

Comment the following lines to not discriminate file types, if desired. Alternatively, determine the file type and corresponding extension. It defaults to excel files (.xls), but any file extension is supported.

# Subset only xls files
    all_excels = [i for i in list1 if i.endswith('.xls')]
    print(all_excels)

Edit only the following email information.

# Mail details
    sender_email = "[email protected]"
    sender_name = "YOUR INSTITUTIONAL NAME"
# Mail subject
    message['Subject'] = 'INSERT HERE THE SUBJECT OF YOUR E-MAIL'

Write your e-mail body text in between the following lines for plain text (default is off) and HTML.

  text = """\
        Dear X,\n

        This is the first line\n

        This is the second line\n

        Sincerely yours,\n

        Me\n

\n
    This is signature
  """
  html = """\
    <html>
      <body>
        <p>
        Dear X,<br><br>

        This is the first line<br><br>

        This is the second line<br><br>

        Sincerely yours,<br><br>

        Me

        </p>
        <p>–<br>
        This is signature
        </p>
      </body>
    </html>
  """

Confirm the aforementioned folder path.

part3.set_payload(open("/Users/USERNAME/Folder_Containing_Payload_Files/"+receiver_file, "rb").read())

Add SMTP server address and port.

server = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.yourorganisation.com", 587) 

Input the email login ID at your organisation without the '@domain.com' part. Do not code passwords.

server.login("yourloginid", password)

Authors

Manuel V.

@gnxmanu

Version History

  • v1.0 –––––– Public Release. March 25, 2022

License

This project is licensed under the [MIT] License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.

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