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.