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Email out of R (code)

7 messages · Daniel Malter, Kevin Wright, Wolfgang Raffelsberger +2 more

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Daniel Malter
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Hi all, 

I thought I would post code to send an email out of R. The code uses
Grothendieck and Bellosta's interface package rJython for executing Python
from R. The code itself provides basic email functionality for email servers
requiring authentication. It should be easy to extend it (e.g., for sending
attachments). I hope it's useful.

require(rJython)
rJython <- rJython()
rJython$exec( "import smtplib" )
rJython$exec("from email.MIMEText import MIMEText")
rJython$exec("import email.utils")

mail<-c(
#Email settings
"fromaddr = 'sender email address'", 
"toaddrs  = 'recipient email address'",
"msg = MIMEText('This is the body of the message.')",
"msg['From'] = email.utils.formataddr(('sender name', fromaddr))",
"msg['To'] = email.utils.formataddr(('recipient name', toaddrs))",
"msg['Subject'] = 'Simple test message'",

#SMTP server credentials
"username = 'sender login'",
"password = 'sender password'",

#Set SMTP server and send email, e.g., google mail SMTP server
"server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')",
"server.ehlo()",
"server.starttls()",
"server.ehlo()",
"server.login(username,password)",
"server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddrs, msg.as_string())", 
"server.quit()")

jython.exec(rJython,mail)



Best,
Daniel

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Wolfgang Raffelsberger
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In case you're using Unix/Linux, have a look at
www.r-project.org/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2007-1.pdf
(page 30 - 32)

Wolfgang

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De : r-help-bounces at r-project.org [r-help-bounces at r-project.org] de la part de Kevin Wright [kw.stat at gmail.com]
Date d'envoi : mercredi 18 mai 2011 17:57
? : Daniel Malter
Cc : r-help at r-project.org
Objet : Re: [R] Email out of R (code)

How does this compare to create.post() ?

Kevin
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Daniel Malter <daniel at umd.edu> wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

        
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I do not know. I was not aware and could hardly find any information on
create.post(). From what I have seen at first glance, it seems that
create.post() either opens your standard email program or web browser, which
the python code does not. Instead it needs the R-library interfacing Python.
I also do not know how create.post() handles server authentication (though,
my blind guess would be with the settings of your email program or browser
mail). To stop guessing, if you want a solid comparison, I am afraid you
have to do it yourself.

Best,
Daniel

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      Uwe Ligges
    

    

      
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There is also the
sendmailR
package if people want to compare even more...

Uwe Ligges

        
On 18.05.2011 18:53, Daniel Malter wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        
      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      Bos, Roger
    

    

      
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I took a look at sendmailR when I was trying to figure out how to send
email a few years ago.  I ended up using my SQL Server dbmail facility,
which I can easily access from R using the RODBC package.  In case my
scenario applies to anyone else, I will paste the simple function I
wrote to serve as an example to anyone else who may want to do the same
thing:


"email" <- function(to, subject, msg, texttype='TEXT', imp='NORMAL',
profileName='Roger Bos') {
    go <- try(sqlQuery(xf, "EXECUTE msdb..sp_send_dbmail          
	                 @profile_name  = '" %+% profileName %+% "',
                  @recipients    = '" %+% to %+% "',
	                 @body          = '" %+% msg %+% "',
	                 @subject       = '" %+% subject %+% "',
	                 @query         = '',
                  @body_format   = " %+% texttype %+% ",
                  @importance    = '" %+% imp %+% "',
                  @attach_query_result_as_file = 0"))
}
 

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Subject: Re: [R] Email out of R (code)

As I (thought I) understood from the sendmailR manual, the package does
currently not support server authentication, or does it?

Daniel 

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