#!/usr/bin/env python

# send a text email from the command line using python

#

# created 6/25/09 by Hank McShane

# version 1.0

#

# The code at the following URL was modified to create this script:

# http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~benhdj/Mac/unix.html#smtpScript

#

# NOTE: if smtp username is "" then code will not use the smtp authentication method

#

# input parameters

# sys.argv[1] is the sender email address

# sys.argv[2] is the reciever email address,

# this can be a comma separated string for multiple recievers

# sys.argv[3] is the subject text

# sys.argv[4] is the body text

# sys.argv[5] is the smtp host

# sys.argv[6] is the smtp username

# sys.argv[7] is the smtp password

# sys.argv[8] is the smtp port

#

import smtplib, email, sys, time

# check to make sure the number of arguments is correct

if len(sys.argv) != 9:

  print 'Usage: pythonEmail.py <sender> <receiver> <subject> <bodyText> <smptHost> <username> <password> <port>'

  sys.exit(1)

# get the argv variables

sender = sys.argv[1]

receiver = sys.argv[2]

subj = sys.argv[3]

bodyText = sys.argv[4]

smtpHost = sys.argv[5]

username = sys.argv[6] # use "" if no SMTP authentication is required

passwd = sys.argv[7] # ignored if no SMTP authentication is required

port = sys.argv[8] # ignored if no SMTP authentication is required

# create a list from the receiver in case we have a comma separated string of multiple receivers

rList = []

rList = receiver.split(',');

# setup the message header

timegmt = time.gmtime(time.time( ))

fmt = '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT'

datestr = time.strftime(fmt, timegmt)

msg = 'From: %s\nTo: %s\nDate: %s\nSubject: %s\n%s' \

       % (sender, receiver, datestr, subj, bodyText)

# determine if a passworded smpt host is being used and connect as necessary

if username == "":

server = smtplib.SMTP(smtpHost) # smtp server is not password protected

else:

server = smtplib.SMTP(smtpHost, port)

server.login(username, passwd)

failed = server.sendmail(sender, rList, msg)

server.quit() 

# return the status

if failed:

  print 'pythonEmail.py: Failed:', failed

else:

  print 'pythonEmail.py: Finished with no errors.'