Sending email in pys60

[resident_pessimist]

Hello there,

I know it may sound a bit 'noob-ish,' but does any of you know how to send emails from a S60 phone thru python? I tried inline modules (the same technique used in pyspy), I tried smtplib, I also tried sockets (the one featured in this forum) but to no avail.

Any bits and pieces of information would definitely help me finish my project.

Thanks very much!

[croozeus]

Hi and welcome to the Python forum !

Yes, you can send an email with Pys60, and whats more you can even send an email with an attachment !
You can use the mmsmodule to do that for you.

Here is how you can send the email

import mmsmodule
mmsmodule.mms_send(u'EMAIL ADDRESS HERE',unicode("SUBJECT"),unicode("PATH OF FILE TO ATTACH"))

Best Regards,
Croozeus

[resident_pessimist]

Hi and welcome to the Python forum !

Yes, you can send an email with Pys60, and whats more you can even send an email with an attachment !
You can use the mmsmodule to do that for you.

Here is how you can send the email

import mmsmodule
mmsmodule.mms_send(u'EMAIL ADDRESS HERE',unicode("SUBJECT"),unicode("PATH OF FILE TO ATTACH"))

Best Regards,
Croozeus

Thanks very much for the info! This will definitely help me, but I've got a couple of questions to ask: Do I still have to include the attachment part? Or I can leave that out? Also, where can i put my message? Is it in the file itself?

Thanks again!

[croozeus]

Thanks very much for the info! This will definitely help me, but I've got a couple of questions to ask: Do I still have to include the attachment part? Or I can leave that out? Also, where can i put my message? Is it in the file itself?

Thanks again!

The code I gave was for attachments only. So you cannot leave out the attachment field. If you want to make that an MMS, just replace the email address by the mobile number.

Moreover I have seen other modules like email_util which have a function to send email, however I have not used it myself.

If I can remember correctly sendMail function in the email_util, so you will have to import like this

from email_util import sendMail

But again, I haven't tried that module yet.

Best Regards,
Croozeus

[resident_pessimist]

Hi croozeus,

I tried the snippet but my device told me 'no module named mmsmodule.' How can I get it and how can I use the module in my application?

I also have the same problem with smtplib. It seems the device can't see my modules eventhough smtplib.pyd (and pyc) are both copied on the same level as my application. Do I have to do anything for my device to see and use these modules?

Thanks again for the guidance.

[croozeus]

Hi croozeus,

I tried the snippet but my device told me 'no module named mmsmodule.' How can I get it and how can I use the module in my application?

I also have the same problem with smtplib. It seems the device can't see my modules eventhough smtplib.pyd (and pyc) are both copied on the same level as my application. Do I have to do anything for my device to see and use these modules?

Thanks again for the guidance.

Ah, How could I forget this, Actually this function has already been ported to the default messaging module, So you dont require to download mmsmodule and install it,

Just use the messaging module for that.

messaging.mms_send(number,msg,attachment=None)

Hope this helps,

Best Regards,
Croozeus

[resident_pessimist]

This one's definitely a big help! So if I am to send an email, I just have to change the number to a valid email address. And If I want an attachment to come with my email, I just have to declare the path of my attachment in the 'attachment' parameter?

Thanks croozeus!

[garnet2k]

This one's definitely a big help! So if I am to send an email, I just have to change the number to a valid email address. And If I want an attachment to come with my email, I just have to declare the path of my attachment in the 'attachment' parameter?

Thanks croozeus!

did you manage to sedn email (not mms) via python?
I need to send email, is there a way to do so on nokia e60?

[bogdan.galiceanu]

did you manage to sedn email (not mms) via python?
I need to send email, is there a way to do so on nokia e60?

Like resident_pessimist says, if you use mms_send and specify an email address instead of a phone number it will be sent as an email.

[garnet2k]

Like resident_pessimist says, if you use mms_send and specify an email address instead of a phone number it will be sent as an email.

aaah, ok. It worked. Just a thought here - it indeed sends it to an email address, BUT this is a billable event being an MMS. Now, is there a more generic way of sending email via python script? Something that will use data allowance and wont be, in majority of the cases, billable.

[bogdan.galiceanu]

Not that I know of. This is the only official method, and I don't know if there are any workarounds or C++ extensions for it.

[garnet2k]

Not that I know of. This is the only official method, and I don't know if there are any workarounds or C++ extensions for it.

Strange indeed. If this is true, it puts at least one major limitation: you cant not attach anything alse than multimedia files, i.e. txt file wont work. It sends the MMS, but put a note that the txt is removed.
Any ideas?

[garnet2k]

Not that I know of. This is the only official method, and I don't know if there are any workarounds or C++ extensions for it.

I have found a way round it. If someone is interested I will post the necessery python modules and the description.
The end result is you can send email with attachments, using your wifi/3g/gprs connection.
Let me know.

[colistete]

Hi, I am interested to know how you can send emails over WiFi/3G/GPRS using PyS60.

[garnet2k]

here are the modules
http://www.4shared.com/file/mzNCJ7sT/smtp.html

what you neet to do is:
get them all in one folder on your PC
name your actual py program default and put it in same folder
in your program you can call it like

import attchmail as a 

and then

a.mail(sender='something@some.com', to=something@some.com, subject='test', text='test', attachments=['optinal file location on your phone'])