vaccarojohn / EmailMessaging

This package provides a command line interface for sending emails via Gmail's SMTP server. It also provides a Python and C# method to send emails.

Email Messaging

This package provides a command line interface for sending emails via Gmail's SMTP server. It also provides a Python and C# method to send emails.

This package will only work with emails provided through Gmail.

Remember to sign in to your account and then go to this link to allow less secure apps to access your email.

How To Use (Windows):

• Clone this repository to your computer
• OPTIONAL: Add the win32 directory to your PATH enviornment variable. Now, this command line script may be executed from any directory.
• If you did not add the win32 directory to your PATH, navigate to the win32 directory.
• Execute the following command: sendMail [subject] [body] [from] [to] [password]
• EXAMPLE:

sendMail "test" "This is a test." "[e-mail]" "[e-mail]" "mygmailpassword"

How To Use (Unix):

• Install python if you don't already have it
• Clone this repository to your computer
• Navigate to the python directory
• Execute the following command: python commandline.py [subject] [body] [from] [to] [password]
• EXAMPLE:

python commandline.py "test" "This is a test." "[e-mail]" "[e-mail]" "mygmailpassword"

How To Import The Python Script Into Your Another Python Package (For Use In Your Python Applications):

• Clone this repository to your computer
• Copy the file "main.py" into your python application
• Import the sendMail function from "main.py" by using the following python syntax:

from main import sendMail

How To Use The C# Script:

• Clone this repository to your computer
• Copy the DLL compiled for the version of .NET corresponding to your project into your project's references
• Add the following "using" statement to your code:

using Email;

• To send an email, first declare an email message object with the following syntax:

EmailMessage message = new EmailMessage('subject', 'body', 'from', 'to', 'password');

• Send the message with:

message.Send();

• If you are using .NET 5+, you can send the message with await:

await message.SendAsync();