Re: [Zope] Sending mail with attachments via Python

[David H]

Kirk Strauser wrote: On Tuesday 03 May 2005 15:30, J Cameron Cooper wrote: Look at the Python 'email' package: http://python.org/doc/lib/module-email.html You'll need to use External Methods to use this module, or allow access to it so that you can use Python Scripts. That's what I was afraid of. I love Zope and Python (and am getting ready to write a magazine article about the two) but jumping through Pythonic hoops to do stuff that would be easy in DTML drives me nuts. Thanks for the pointer, though. I'd stumbled across that earlier, but had kept looking in search of something easier. Kirk, Here is some to send email + attachement.  I used it to send PDFs.  Use it as a guide if you choose the external python method option.  I think MimeWriter makes it easier. Best luck, David <code snippets> import sys, smtplib, MimeWriter, base64, StringIO, os, string, time <essential code>          message = StringIO.StringIO()          writer = MimeWriter.MimeWriter(message)          writer.addheader('MIME-Version', '1.0')          writer.addheader('Subject', 'Purchase Approved')          #          writer.addheader('To', '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' )          # get ready to send attachment          writer.startmultipartbody('mixed')          # start off with a text/plain part          part = writer.nextpart()          body = part.startbody('text/plain')          body.write('Services Inc.\n')          body.write('Office Transaction notice\n')          body.write('\n')          body.write('Order: ' + itemNumber + '\n')          body.write('  Authorized by: ' + userID + ' ' + datetime + '\n')          body.write('  Amount:   ' + amount + '\n')                      body.write('\nSee attached')          # ............................          # add PDF attachment          # ............................          part = writer.nextpart()          part.addheader('Content-Transfer-Encoding', 'base64')          body = part.startbody('application/pdf; name=%s' % attachment)          # pdf file          body.write(base64.encodestring( pdf ))          # finish off          writer.lastpart()          # ..................................................          # send the mail          # . if user supplied userid/password then deal w/it          # ..................................................          smtp = smtplib.SMTP(self.MailHost.smtp_host)          if self.MailHost.smtp_userid:             smtp.ehlo()             smtp_userid64 = base64.encodestring(self.MailHost.smtp_userid)             smtp.docmd("auth", "login " + smtp_userid64[:-1])             if self.MailHost.smtp_pass:                smtp_pass64 = base64.encodestring( self.MailHost.smtp_pass)                smtp.docmd(smtp_pass64[:-1])                   #smtp.sendmail( from address, to address, message body)          smtp.sendmail('[EMAIL PROTECTED]', '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', message.getvalue())          smtp.quit() </end essential code> Good luck, David

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