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Python

Sending Mail Via Postfix: A perfect Python Example :)

Post author By masnun
Post date January 1, 2010
8 Comments on Sending Mail Via Postfix: A perfect Python Example :)

I have been playing with Postfix for the last couple of days. I have already posted a perfect php class for sending email with attachments in a previous post. The Python example I posted earlier does the job for me but it was not perfect like the php one.

After digging a while, I found a nice way to do the same for python as well. I have just tested the codes and the result is perfectly what I desired 🙂

Here’s the code:

import smtplib
from email.MIMEMultipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.MIMEBase import MIMEBase
from email.MIMEText import MIMEText
from email.Utils import COMMASPACE, formatdate
from email import Encoders
import os

def sendMail(to, fro, subject, text, files=[],server="localhost"):
    assert type(to)==list
    assert type(files)==list


    msg = MIMEMultipart()
    msg['From'] = fro
    msg['To'] = COMMASPACE.join(to)
    msg['Date'] = formatdate(localtime=True)
    msg['Subject'] = subject

    msg.attach( MIMEText(text) )

    for file in files:
        part = MIMEBase('application', "octet-stream")
        part.set_payload( open(file,"rb").read() )
        Encoders.encode_base64(part)
        part.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="%s"'
                       % os.path.basename(file))
        msg.attach(part)

    smtp = smtplib.SMTP(server)
    smtp.sendmail(fro, to, msg.as_string() )
    smtp.close()

# Example:
sendMail(['maSnun <masnun@gmail.com>'],'phpGeek <masnun@leevio.com>','Hello Python!','Heya buddy! Say hello to Python! :)',['masnun.py','masnun.php'])

import smtplib

from email.MIMEMultipart import MIMEMultipart

from email.MIMEBase import MIMEBase

from email.MIMEText import MIMEText

from email.Utils import COMMASPACE, formatdate

from email import Encoders

import os

def sendMail(to, fro, subject, text, files=[],server="localhost"):

assert type(to)==list

assert type(files)==list

msg = MIMEMultipart()

msg['From'] = fro

msg['To'] = COMMASPACE.join(to)

msg['Date'] = formatdate(localtime=True)

msg['Subject'] = subject

msg.attach( MIMEText(text) )

for file in files:

part = MIMEBase('application', "octet-stream")

part.set_payload( open(file,"rb").read() )

Encoders.encode_base64(part)

part.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="%s"'

% os.path.basename(file))

msg.attach(part)

smtp = smtplib.SMTP(server)

smtp.sendmail(fro, to, msg.as_string() )

smtp.close()

# Example:

sendMail(['maSnun <masnun@gmail.com>'],'phpGeek <masnun@leevio.com>','Hello Python!','Heya buddy! Say hello to Python! :)',['masnun.py','masnun.php'])

Personal

Good Bye 2009, Welcome 2010!

Post author By masnun
Post date December 31, 2009
1 Comment on Good Bye 2009, Welcome 2010!

I should feel sorry now that 2009 is leaving me, leaving us! I have had the most eventful year in 2009 🙂

First things First
What were the things those happened first time in my life?

— I sat for University Admission test.
— Got chances in SUST CSE and 4 disciplines in KU.
— My University life began.
— Started free lancing seriously.
— Started earning money at a regular interval.
— Went to BAD picnic and my first tour with the BAD family into the Sunderbans 🙂
— Joined my first Job (At Leevio as a software engineer).
— Attended the first ever FICC.
— Stood 3rd in my first Uni term final 🙂
— Started using Ubuntu seriously
— Started working with WP API
— Worked on GAE and other Python stuff 🙂

What else?
— BAD won the cricket championship. I was an active part in the gallery.
— Met a bunch of cool friends.
— Lost a few fake ones as well.
— My brother got chance in Khulna Zilla School 🙂

Wishlist for 2010
I would wish only one thing — A laptop in 2010 🙂

I am really contended with what I have got in life. I am happy with what I got in 2009. Thanks to the Almighty Allah for everything HE has blessed on me 🙂 I just pray that nothing bad happens in 2010 😀

I pray to the Almighty so that HE bestows his blessings upon those who have a worse life than me. I have nothing more to expect 🙂

Good Bye 2009, Welcome 2010! 🙂

PHP

A PHP Mailer Class

UPDATE: Added application of the basename() function to the attached filenames to get the filenames only.

This php class lets you attach multiple files and send emails via Postfix without digging into the messy headers 😀

<?php
class Mailer {
    function __construct($to="",$from="",$sub="",$msg="",$files=array()) {
        $this->to = $to;
        $this->from = $from;
        $this->sub = $sub;
        $this->msg = $msg;
        $this->files = $files;
    }

    function attachFile($file) {
        if(!empty($file)) {
            $this->files[] = $file;
        }
    }


    function setMessage($msg) {
        if(!empty($msg)) {
            $this->msg = $msg;
        }
    }


    function setTo($to) {
        if(!empty($to)) {
            $this->to = $to;
        }
    }


    function setFrom($from) {
        if(!empty($from)) {
            $this->from = $from;
        }
    }


    function setSubject($sub) {
        if(!empty($sub)) {
            $this->sub = $sub;
        }
    }


    function sendMail() {

        $files = $this->files;

// email fields: to, from, subject, and so on
        $to = $this->to;
        $from = $this->from;
        $subject = $this->sub;
        $message = $this->msg;

        $headers = "From: $from ";

// boundary
        $semi_rand = md5(time());
        $mime_boundary = "==Multipart_Boundary_x{$semi_rand}x";

// headers for attachment
        $headers .= "\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n" . "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n" . " boundary=\"{$mime_boundary}\"";

// multipart boundary
        $message = "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\n\n" . "--{$mime_boundary}\n" . "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n" . "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n" . $message . "\n\n";
        $message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n";

// preparing attachments
        for($x=0;$x<count($files);$x++) {
            $file = fopen($files[$x],"rb");
            $data = fread($file,filesize($files[$x]));
            fclose($file);
            $data = chunk_split(base64_encode($data));
            $message .= "Content-Type: {\"application/octet-stream\"};\n" . " name=\"$files[$x]\"\n" .
                    "Content-Disposition: attachment;\n" . " filename=\"".basename($files[$x])."\"\n" .
                    "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" . $data . "\n\n";
            $message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n";
        }

// send

        $ok = @mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
        return $ok;
    }
}
?>

<?php

class Mailer {

function __construct($to="",$from="",$sub="",$msg="",$files=array()) {

$this->to = $to;

$this->from = $from;

$this->sub = $sub;

$this->msg = $msg;

$this->files = $files;

}

function attachFile($file) {

if(!empty($file)) {

$this->files[] = $file;

}

function setMessage($msg) {

if(!empty($msg)) {

$this->msg = $msg;

}

function setTo($to) {

if(!empty($to)) {

$this->to = $to;

}

function setFrom($from) {

if(!empty($from)) {

$this->from = $from;

}

function setSubject($sub) {

if(!empty($sub)) {

$this->sub = $sub;

}

function sendMail() {

$files = $this->files;

// email fields: to, from, subject, and so on

$to = $this->to;

$from = $this->from;

$subject = $this->sub;

$message = $this->msg;

$headers = "From: $from ";

// boundary

$semi_rand = md5(time());

$mime_boundary = "==Multipart_Boundary_x{$semi_rand}x";

// headers for attachment

$headers .= "\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n" . "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n" . " boundary=\"{$mime_boundary}\"";

// multipart boundary

$message = "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\n\n" . "--{$mime_boundary}\n" . "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n" . "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n" . $message . "\n\n";

$message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n";

// preparing attachments

for($x=0;$x<count($files);$x++) {

$file = fopen($files[$x],"rb");

$data = fread($file,filesize($files[$x]));

fclose($file);

$data = chunk_split(base64_encode($data));

$message .= "Content-Type: {\"application/octet-stream\"};\n" . " name=\"$files[$x]\"\n" .

"Content-Disposition: attachment;\n" . " filename=\"".basename($files[$x])."\"\n" .

"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" . $data . "\n\n";

$message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n";

}

// send

$ok = @mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

return $ok;

}

Example USE:

<?php
include("mailer.php");
$m = new Mailer();
$m->setTo("maSnun <masnun@gmail.com>");
$m->setFrom("phpGeek <masnun@leevio.com>");
$m->setSubject("A bunch of files");
$m->setMessage("Hello buddy! Files attached!");
$m->attachFile("images/Screenshot.png");

if($m->sendMail()) { echo "Sent \n"; } else { echo "failed \n"; }
?>

<?php

include("mailer.php");

$m = new Mailer();

$m->setTo("maSnun <masnun@gmail.com>");

$m->setFrom("phpGeek <masnun@leevio.com>");

$m->setSubject("A bunch of files");

$m->setMessage("Hello buddy! Files attached!");

$m->attachFile("images/Screenshot.png");

if($m->sendMail()) { echo "Sent \n"; } else { echo "failed \n"; }

Happy Mailing! 😀

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