Sends mails to a list of addresses, with different attachments. Useful for mailing personalized certificates, layoff letters and wedding invitations. Reads data from a CSV file with email addresses and the names of the files which are to be sent as attachments.
- Create a folder containing all attachments which are to be sent
- Create a CSV file with two columns, the name of the attachment file, and the mail address of the receiver
- Add the path of the folder and CSV file in your script
There are two scripts, the native script will use the Outlook or Windows Mail to send the mails. The mails will be sent from your currently logged-in mail id. This script is suitable for Windows.
The SMTP script allows you to setup a SMTP server to send mails. Follow the comment instructions in the script to setup an SMTP server. This requires you to allow alternative sign-in from your email provider.
The smtp_server depends on which mail provider you are using. Common servers for major providers are:
- Yahoo!
- smtp.mail.yahoo.com
- Gmail
- smtp.gmail.com
- Outlook
- smtp.office365.com / smtp-mail.outlook.com
The password to be entered in smtp_password is generated from your email provider settings.
- https://hotter.io/docs/email-accounts/secure-app-gmail/
- https://superuser.com/questions/1521236/how-to-allow-less-secure-app-access-in-microsoft-email
- https://help.inspectionsupport.com/en/articles/392427-enable-less-secure-apps-for-smtp-use-isn-yahoo-mail
The first script is suitable for users who don't wish to setup an SMTP server, or don't want to generate a less secure key.
You can modify the code to change the type of attachments being sent, for example instead of PDFs, you can send Word documents by changing the pdf_file_name = row['name'] + '.pdf' to pdf_file_name = row['name'] + '.docx'. For images, use .png, .jpg, etc.
You can also comment out the CC option if you don't wish to CC the mail to anyone.