December 2025
Beginner
368 pages
7h 49m
English
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Chapter 12
Automating Email and Text Messages
IN THIS CHAPTER
Automating sending email messages
Sending text messages automatically
In this chapter, you explore Python automation for email and text messages. You can use these scripts to automate marking emails, send newsletters, remind people of upcoming appointments, and more.
For sending email messages, you’ll need an email account and the built-in smtp module. You can send plain-text messages or messages formatted with HTML. If your email recipient addresses are in an app, you can export them to a simple text file and have Python send an email to every address in that file.
For text messaging, you’ll need an account with the ability to send Short Message Service (SMS) messages, which you’ll access through an application programming interface (API). I take you through all the necessary steps using the popular Twilio service for sending bulk text messages. That service includes a free tier, so you can learn without spending any additional money.
Sending Bulk Email Automatically
Sending email can be a great way to keep in touch with subscribers, customers, followers, or any other group of people for whom you’ve acquired email addresses. You can send reminders, newsletters, invitations, product announcements, or whatever works ...
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