Package: notifymail
notifymailallows scripts to send email to a preconfigured address.
It is particularly useful for unattended and scheduled scripts to report
their status to an administrator.notifymailis designed to be very easy to install and use. I wrote
it because I couldn’t figure out how to configure the built-insendmailcommand to forward emails appropriately and I couldn’t get
the similarssmtppackage to work.RequirementsOS X or LinuxPython 2.7 or 3.4An email accountInstallation$ pip install notifymail  # or pip3 (for Python 3.x)ConfigurationYou must know the SMTP settings of your email provider, which can
typically looked up on your provider’s website. For example here areGmail’s SMTP
settings,
obtained with a internet search for “gmail SMTP settings”:Gmail SMTP Server:smtp.gmail.comGmail SMTP Port:587 (for TLS)Gmail SMTP Uses TLS?yesUsually your SMTP username will be the same as your email address, and
your SMTP password will be the same as your email password.Once you have the settings in hand, run thenotifymail.py--setupcommand:$ notifymail.py --setup
SMTP Server Hostname: smtp.gmail.com
SMTP Server Port [465]: 587
SMTP Server Uses TLS (y/n) [n]: yes
SMTP Username: robot@gmail.com
SMTP Password: ********
From Address [robot@gmail.com]: robot@gmail.com
From Name (optional) []: notifymail
To Address: admin@example.com

Verifying connection to SMTP server... OKUsageFrom the Command Line$ echo "Hello World" | notifymail.py -s "Subject"notifymailwill read the message body from standard input and allow
you to specify a subject line with the-soption. You may also
specify a custom sender name using the--from-nameoption.In Python 2 the encoding of the message body and all arguments is
assumed to be UTF-8. In Python 3 the encoding of both is autodetected inthe usual
fashion.Full usage information:Usage: notifymail.py --setup | -s SUBJECT [-b BODY] [--from-name NAME] | --probe

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --setup               setup mail server configuration
  --probe               check whether mail server is reachable
  -s SUBJECT, --subject=SUBJECT
                        subject line. Required.
  -b BODY, --body=BODY  body. Read from standard input if omitted.
  --from-name=NAME      sender name. Overrides the default sender name.From a Python Scriptimport notifymail
notifymail.send('Subject', 'Hello World')String arguments can be either Unicode strings or UTF-8 encoded
bytestrings.From a Non-Python ScriptJust execute thenotifymailcommand using your language’s normal API
for running system commands.For example, in Ruby:require 'open3'

Open3.popen3('notifymail.py', '-s', 'Subject') {|stdin, stdout, stderr, wait_thr|
  stdin.puts('Hello World!')
  stdin.close

  exit_code = wait_thr.value.to_i
  if exit_code != 0
    raise "notifymail exited with error code #{exit_code}."
  end
}For example, in Java:import java.io.*;

try {
    Process notifymail = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {
        "notifymail.py", "-s", "Subject" });
    PrintStream stdin = new PrintStream(
        notifymail.getOutputStream(), /*autoFlush=*/false, "UTF-8");

    stdin.println("Hello World!");
    stdin.close();

    int exitCode = notifymail.waitFor();
    if (exitCode != 0) {
        throw new Exception("notifymail exited with error code " + exitCode + ".");
    }
} catch (Exception e) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Unable to send email.", e);
}LimitationsThe configured SMTP settings are stored in plaintext, including the
SMTP password.LicenseThis code is provided under the MIT License.Release Notes1.1Add support for Python 3.4. Remove support for Python 2.6.Fix--from-nameto actually work.Fix--setupto not print usage info after completing setup.1.0Initial version.