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1 #!/usr/bin/env python
3 """Send the contents of a directory as a MIME message."""
5 import os
6 import sys
7 import smtplib
8 # For guessing MIME type based on file name extension
9 import mimetypes
11 from optparse import OptionParser
13 from email import encoders
14 from email.message import Message
15 from email.mime.audio import MIMEAudio
16 from email.mime.base import MIMEBase
17 from email.mime.image import MIMEImage
18 from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
19 from email.mime.text import MIMEText
21 COMMASPACE = ', '
24 def main():
25 parser = OptionParser(usage="""\
26 Send the contents of a directory as a MIME message.
28 Usage: %prog [options]
30 Unless the -o option is given, the email is sent by forwarding to your local
31 SMTP server, which then does the normal delivery process. Your local machine
32 must be running an SMTP server.
33 """)
34 parser.add_option('-d', '--directory',
35 type='string', action='store',
36 help="""Mail the contents of the specified directory,
37 otherwise use the current directory. Only the regular
38 files in the directory are sent, and we don't recurse to
39 subdirectories.""")
40 parser.add_option('-o', '--output',
41 type='string', action='store', metavar='FILE',
42 help="""Print the composed message to FILE instead of
43 sending the message to the SMTP server.""")
44 parser.add_option('-s', '--sender',
45 type='string', action='store', metavar='SENDER',
46 help='The value of the From: header (required)')
47 parser.add_option('-r', '--recipient',
48 type='string', action='append', metavar='RECIPIENT',
49 default=[], dest='recipients',
50 help='A To: header value (at least one required)')
51 opts, args = parser.parse_args()
52 if not opts.sender or not opts.recipients:
53 parser.print_help()
54 sys.exit(1)
55 directory = opts.directory
56 if not directory:
57 directory = '.'
58 # Create the enclosing (outer) message
59 outer = MIMEMultipart()
60 outer['Subject'] = 'Contents of directory %s' % os.path.abspath(directory)
61 outer['To'] = COMMASPACE.join(opts.recipients)
62 outer['From'] = opts.sender
63 outer.preamble = 'You will not see this in a MIME-aware mail reader.\n'
65 for filename in os.listdir(directory):
66 path = os.path.join(directory, filename)
67 if not os.path.isfile(path):
68 continue
69 # Guess the content type based on the file's extension. Encoding
70 # will be ignored, although we should check for simple things like
71 # gzip'd or compressed files.
72 ctype, encoding = mimetypes.guess_type(path)
73 if ctype is None or encoding is not None:
74 # No guess could be made, or the file is encoded (compressed), so
75 # use a generic bag-of-bits type.
76 ctype = 'application/octet-stream'
77 maintype, subtype = ctype.split('/', 1)
78 if maintype == 'text':
79 fp = open(path)
80 # Note: we should handle calculating the charset
81 msg = MIMEText(fp.read(), _subtype=subtype)
82 fp.close()
83 elif maintype == 'image':
84 fp = open(path, 'rb')
85 msg = MIMEImage(fp.read(), _subtype=subtype)
86 fp.close()
87 elif maintype == 'audio':
88 fp = open(path, 'rb')
89 msg = MIMEAudio(fp.read(), _subtype=subtype)
90 fp.close()
91 else:
92 fp = open(path, 'rb')
93 msg = MIMEBase(maintype, subtype)
94 msg.set_payload(fp.read())
95 fp.close()
96 # Encode the payload using Base64
97 encoders.encode_base64(msg)
98 # Set the filename parameter
99 msg.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment', filename=filename)
100 outer.attach(msg)
101 # Now send or store the message
102 composed = outer.as_string()
103 if opts.output:
104 fp = open(opts.output, 'w')
105 fp.write(composed)
106 fp.close()
107 else:
108 s = smtplib.SMTP()
109 s.connect()
110 s.sendmail(opts.sender, opts.recipients, composed)
111 s.close()
114 if __name__ == '__main__':
115 main()