sendMyEmail.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

##!/usr/bin/python

import sys
import smtplib
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText

  
def main():
    # print command line arguments
    #for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
        #print arg
    # me == my email address
    # you == recipient's email address
    me = sys.argv[1]
    you = sys.argv[2]
    subject = sys.argv[3]
    text = sys.argv[4]
    print(me)
    print(you)
    print(subject)
    print(text)
    ## Create message container - the correct MIME type is multipart/alternative.
    msg = MIMEMultipart('alternative')
    msg['Subject'] = subject
    msg['From'] = me
    msg['To'] = you
    
    ## Create the body of the message (a plain-text and an HTML version).
    #text = "Hi!\nHow are you?\nHere is the link you wanted:\nhttps://www.python.org"
    html = """\
    <html>
      <head></head>
      <body>
        <p>Hi!<br>
           How are you?<br>
           Here is the <a href="https://www.python.org">link</a> you wanted.
        </p>
      </body>
    </html>
    """
    
    ## Record the MIME types of both parts - text/plain and text/html.
    part1 = MIMEText(text, 'plain')
    part2 = MIMEText(html, 'html')
    
    ## Attach parts into message container.
    ## According to RFC 2046, the last part of a multipart message, in this case
    ## the HTML message, is best and preferred.
    msg.attach(part1)
    msg.attach(part2)
    
    ## Send the message via local SMTP server.
    s = smtplib.SMTP('tx.technion.ac.il')
    ## sendmail function takes 3 arguments: sender's address, recipient's address
    ## and message to send - here it is sent as one string.
    s.sendmail(me, you, msg.as_string())
    s.quit()  

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
    
    
    
    
    