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import smtplib
from string import Template
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
MY_ADDRESS = 'my_address@example.comm'
PASSWORD = 'mypassword'
def get_contacts(filename):
"""
Return two lists names, emails containing names and email addresses
read from a file specified by filename.
"""
names = []
emails = []
with open(filename, mode='r', encoding='utf-8') as contacts_file:
for a_contact in contacts_file:
names.append(a_contact.split()[0])
emails.append(a_contact.split()[1])
return names, emails
def read_template(filename):
"""
Returns a Template object comprising the contents of the
file specified by filename.
"""
with open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as template_file:
template_file_content = template_file.read()
return Template(template_file_content)
def main():
names, emails = get_contacts('mycontacts.txt') # read contacts
message_template = read_template('message.txt')
# set up the SMTP server
s = smtplib.SMTP(host='your_host_address_here', port=your_port_here)
s.starttls()
s.login(MY_ADDRESS, PASSWORD)
# For each contact, send the email:
for name, email in zip(names, emails):
msg = MIMEMultipart() # create a message
# add in the actual person name to the message template
message = message_template.substitute(PERSON_NAME=name.title())
# Prints out the message body for our sake
print(message)
# setup the parameters of the message
msg['From']=MY_ADDRESS
msg['To']=email
msg['Subject']="This is TEST"
# add in the message body
msg.attach(MIMEText(message, 'plain'))
# send the message via the server set up earlier.
s.send_message(msg)
del msg
# Terminate the SMTP session and close the connection
s.quit()
if name == 'main':
main()