Simple python bulk mailer script. Raw python using std libs.
Send bulk html emails from the commandline or in your python script by specifying a database of recipients in csv form, a html template with var placeholders and a subject line.
- python >= 2.4
Edit the config file before running the script:
$ vim config.pyThe simplest method of sending out a bulk email.
Run a test to predefined test_recipients:
$ ./pymailer -t /path/to/html/file.html /path/to/csv/file.csv 'Email Subject'Send the actual email to all recipients:
$ ./pymailer -s /path/to/html/file.html /path/to/csv/file.csv 'Email Subject'Alernatively import the PyMailer class into your own code:
from pymailer import PyMailer
pymailer = PyMailer('/path/to/html/file.html', '/path/to/csv/file.csv', 'Email Subject')
# send a test email
pymailer.send_test()
# send bulk mail
pymailer.send()Example of using placeholders in your html email:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<body>
<h1>Test HTML Email - <!--name--></h1>
<p>Hi <!--name-->, This is a test email from Pymailer - <a href="http://github.com:80/qoda/PyMailer/">http://github.com:80/qoda/PyMailer/</a>.</p>
</body>
</html>Example of how the csv file should look:
Someones Name,[email protected]
Someone Else,[email protected]
,[email protected]
