Send Mail from the Commandline, with Python
$ cd pysendmail
$ ␣export MAIL_PASSWORD=s3cr3t # A leading space might prevent your password
# from appearing in your terminal history.
# (Often the case, but depends on your setup.)
# Now send an email:
$ ./sendmail.py --user me@example.com --server smtp.example.com --to you@example.org \
--subject test --content "Hi there!"
# or, shorter:
$ ./sendmail.py -u me@example.com -m smtp.example.com -t you@example.org \
-s test -c "Hi there!"Usage Help
./sendmail.py -h
usage: sendmail.py [-h] [-s SUBJECT] [-c CONTENT] -m SERVER -u USER [-p] -t TO
[TO ...] [-b [BCC [BCC ...]]] [-a ATTACH [ATTACH ...]]
[-f FROM_] [-r [REPLY_TO]] [-n]
Send Email
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-s SUBJECT, --subject SUBJECT
email subject
-c CONTENT, --content CONTENT
email content
-m SERVER, --server SERVER
SMTP server to use for sending
-u USER, --user USER user login (usually the sender email)
-p, --password ask for server password
-t TO [TO ...], --to TO [TO ...]
recipient email(s)
-b [BCC [BCC ...]], --bcc [BCC [BCC ...]]
BCC recipient email(s)
-a ATTACH [ATTACH ...], --attach ATTACH [ATTACH ...]
attachment(s)
-f FROM_, --from FROM_
from name (the first part in 'Sam Doe
<sam@example.com>'). optional, will use the sender
email if omitted.
-r [REPLY_TO], --reply-to [REPLY_TO]
reply address (if different from sender)
-n, --dry-run don't send email, just show it
License
You may use this code without attribution, that is without mentioning where it's from or who wrote it. I would actually prefer if you didn't mention me. You may even claim it's your own.