OT: noreply at ......

[Bill Campbell]

On Mon, Jul 01, 2013, Kenneth Brody wrote:
>On 6/28/2013 7:28 PM, Bill Campbell wrote:
...
>> There's no need to use a MUA such as mutt for this type of thing
>> on any system that has sendmail or a sendmail replacement (e.g.
>> postfix, smail2, even the treaded MMDF SCO mailers).  Simply
>[...]
>
>Although the OP didn't mention it, it is possible that he wants to attach 
>files to the message as well.  Yes, sendmail can handle attachments, but you 
>need to build the entire message properly, and handle the attachments 
>yourself.  If that's the case, then an MUA that can be passed everything 
>from the command line (or stdio) is probably a better choice.

True enough.

It's not terribly difficult to build proper multi-part mail
messages with attachments.  The Python email module provides all
the necessary tools to handle any MIME attachments.  I used these
in my scripts that generate the necessary OpenVPN keys, emailing
a zip file with them and a text part that tells the recipient how
to unbundle them for their system.

The main problem I have with 'mutt' or other MUA is that they
tend to have extra stuff like asking for '.sent' files that can
cause problems when scripted.

Bill
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