Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:44:04 -0700 From: Chris Cowart <ccowart@rescomp.berkeley.edu> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: script to send out a dozen letters? Message-ID: <20090817224403.GD51584@hal.rescomp.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: <20090815234920.GA9094@thought.org> References: <20090815234920.GA9094@thought.org>
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Gary Kline wrote:
> if there are tools to do this, please point me at them, but i
> want to send out a snail and/or email|HTML|whatever to a handful
> of companies that i hope to find online.
>=20
> I'm guessing the inside address would me something like
>=20
> Company Name
> Address
> Company Email
>=20
> Attn Mr. Smith:
>=20
> [my canned letter]
>=20
>=20
> i forget if the inside address is before the recipient
> address--I *think* so. is there a way of having date output
> the format "15 August, 2009" rather than my usual, 15aug09?
>=20
> I am pretty sure these people are most accustomed to GUI/html=20
> mail, so is there a way of invoking evo with html capability?
>=20
> if there are web pointers on this, puleeze clue me in!
Here's a script I whipped up a year or two ago that sends out e-mails.
You could definitely tweak it to find/replace a LaTeX template and send
it directly to the printer (circa the `| sendmail` line). See the
included readme (excuse the twiki formatting). While it was written for
bash, it may run under /bin/sh (but I make no claims).
It's really straightforward. I would die a little inside if it were used
to send HTML e-mail, but there's nothing to stop you from writing HTML
(by hand) into the template (or saving a message out of your GUI MUA of
choice into a flat file and using that as your template).
--=20
Chris Cowart
Network Technical Lead
Network & Infrastructure Services, RSSP-IT
UC Berkeley
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#! /bin/bash
if [ -z "$1" ] || [ -z "$2" ] || [ "x$1" =3D=3D "x--help" ]; then
printf "Usage:\n\t${0} data_file template_file [cc1 [cc2 ... ]]\n"
exit 1
fi
data=3D"$1"
shift
template=3D"$1"
shift
exec 0<${data}
read line
FIELDS=3D"$(echo $line | tr ';' ' ')"
while read line ; do
column=3D1
SCRIPT=3D""
email=3D""
for field_title in $FIELDS ; do
datum=3D$(echo "$line" | cut '-d;' "-f${column}")
SCRIPT=3D"${SCRIPT:+${SCRIPT};}s:$field_title:$datum:"
column=3D$(($column + 1))
if [ "$field_title" =3D "EMAIL" ] ; then
email=3D"$datum"
fi
done
printf "Mailing %s... " "$email"
sed "$SCRIPT" "$template" | sendmail "$email $@" || {=20
echo "Something error happened" ; continue; }
printf "Success!\n"
done
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---+ Overview
The =3Dautomail=3D script allows you to send templated e-mails to a list of
recipients. This is particularly useful during hiring.
---+ Usage
The =3Dautomail=3D script is installed on hal.=20
---++ The Data File
You must prepare a file with the data that will be used to fill in the
templates.
The first line of this file includes the case-sensitive field names,=20
separated by semi-colons. Each subsequent line is a data record. One e-mail
will be sent for each data record in the file.
*Example:*
<verbatim>
EMAIL;LNAME;FNAME;FOOD
ccowart@rescomp.berkeley.edu;Cowart;Chris;Bananas
keenanp@rescomp.berkeley.edu;Keenan;Parms;Ice Cream
jeremydw@rescomp.berkeley.edu;Jeremy;Weinstein;Rabbit Food
</verbatim>
Call this file ~/email_data.
*Note:* The only column title with special meaning is "EMAIL" and it *must*
appear in the data file. All other columns follow brain-dead substitutions
and do not affect the behavior of the automailer.
---++ The Template File
Here, you compose your e-mail. Note you must conform to RFC822 (Here's a
summary of the relevant points):
* You must include the To, From, Cc, and Subject headers.
* Headers must be properly formatted (=3DName: Contents Can Have Spaces=
=3D)
* The headers end with a blank line. There must be a blank line before
you begin your message.
*Example:*
<verbatim>
=46rom: The Party Planning Committee <ppc@rescomp.berkeley.edu>
To: FNAME LNAME <EMAIL>
Subject: The Potluck
Hello FNAME,
Please remember to bring FOOD to the potluck.
Thanks,
The Party Planning Committee
</verbatim>
Call this file ~/email_template.
*Note:*=20
* Column titles (see The Data File section) will be substituted with the
current record's column contents. The address in the EMAIL column will
receive a copy of the message.=20
* Including a Cc or Bcc header in the template will *NOT* affect who
receives a copy of the message.
*Warning:* The recipient will receive the message AS-IS.=20
__Bcc Headers will not be filtered__.
---++ Sending the Message
After you declare the data file and template file (in that order), you may
add e-mail addresses to the command line (e.g., hiring@rescomp.berkeley.edu=
).
Note that other than the recipient address, no addresses (Bcc or Cc) are
parsed from your message's headers. As such, if you have cc or bcc recipien=
ts,
you must declare them here. Note also that declaring recipients here does
*not* affect the To/From/Cc/Bcc headers in the actual e-mail message.
=3Dautomail ~/email_data ~/email_template cc_address1 bcc_address2=3D
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