MailShed

Simple python script which monitors your IMAP draft folder for scheduled emails.

To install create a ~/.mail_shed.cfg (or pass path to config file via --config option) and set appropriate config options. The default values look like this:

# If you have (partly) the same config data for IMAP and SMTP you can set it here
[imap/smtp]
host=
user=
password=

# This is the config only for SMTP - it overwrites settings in [imap/smtp]
[smtp]
host=
user=
password=

# This is the config only for SMTP - it overwrites settings in [imap/smtp]
[imap]
host=
user=
password=

# These are general options
[general]
# This is the string which separates your date from the real subject
separator=|
# In which folder should we look for mails to be sent?
# If your IMAP server supports XLIST you can use Flags such as \Drafts
# If it does not support XLIST you have to give the IMAP folder
drafts=\Drafts
# What is the timezone all dates should be in?
timezone=UTC

Then run:

./mail_shed.py

For more options and help see:

./mail_shed.py --help

which outputs:

usage: mail_shed.py [--help] [-s SEPARATOR] [-d DRAFTS] [-t TIMEZONE]
                    [-c CONFIG] [-h HOST] [-u USER] [-p PASSWORD]
                    [-ih IMAP_HOST] [-iu IMAP_USER] [-ip IMAP_PASSWORD]
                    [-sh SMTP_HOST] [-su SMTP_USER] [-sp SMTP_PASSWORD]
                    [-l LOG_FILE] [-v | -q] [--version]

Send emails from imap draft folder which should have been sent by now.

optional arguments:
  --help                show this help message and exit
  --version             show version information and exit

general settings:
  -s SEPARATOR, --separator SEPARATOR
                        string which separates the time from the subject
  -d DRAFTS, --drafts DRAFTS
                        set the IMAP drafts folder
  -t TIMEZONE, --timezone TIMEZONE
                        set the timezone for dates (default: UTC)
  -c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
                        set the config file (default: ~/.mail_shed.cfg)

IMAP and SMTP settings:
  -h HOST, --host HOST  set the IMAP and SMTP host
  -u USER, --user USER  set the IMAP and SMTP user
  -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
                        set the IMAP and SMTP password

IMAP settings:
  -ih IMAP_HOST, --imap-host IMAP_HOST
                        set the IMAP host
  -iu IMAP_USER, --imap-user IMAP_USER
                        set the IMAP user
  -ip IMAP_PASSWORD, --imap-password IMAP_PASSWORD
                        set the IMAP password

SMTP settings:
  -sh SMTP_HOST, --smtp-host SMTP_HOST
                        set the SMTP host
  -su SMTP_USER, --smtp-user SMTP_USER
                        set the SMTP user
  -sp SMTP_PASSWORD, --smtp-password SMTP_PASSWORD
                        set the SMTP password

logging and output settings:
  -l LOG_FILE, --log-file LOG_FILE
                        set the log file (default: ~/mail_shed.log)
  -v, --verbose         be verbose
  -q, --quiet           don't output anything

Options given via command line are preferred over options set in config file.
IMAP or SMTP specific options overwrite general IMAP and SMTP settings.