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+++ b/sat/tools/common/email.py	Sun May 26 22:20:33 2019 +0200
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+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# SàT: a jabber client
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Jérôme Poisson (goffi@goffi.org)
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""email sending facilities"""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from email.mime.text import MIMEText
+from twisted.mail import smtp
+from sat.core.constants import Const as C
+from sat.tools import config as tools_config
+
+
+def sendEmail(config, to_emails, subject=u"", body=u"", from_email=None):
+    """Send an email using SàT configuration
+
+    @param config (SafeConfigParser): the configuration instance
+    @param to_emails(list[unicode], unicode): list of recipients
+        if unicode, it will be split to get emails
+    @param subject(unicode): subject of the message
+    @param body(unicode): body of the message
+    @param from_email(unicode): address of the sender
+    @return (D): same as smtp.sendmail
+    """
+    if isinstance(to_emails, basestring):
+        to_emails = to_emails.split()
+    email_host = tools_config.getConfig(config, None, u"email_server") or u"localhost"
+    email_from = tools_config.getConfig(config, None, u"email_from")
+    if email_from is None:
+        # we suppose that email domain and XMPP domain are identical
+        domain = tools_config.getConfig(config, None, u"xmpp_domain", u"example.net")
+        email_from = u"no_reply@" + domain
+    email_sender_domain = tools_config.getConfig(config, None, u"email_sender_domain")
+    email_port = int(tools_config.getConfig(config, None, u"email_port", 25))
+    email_username = tools_config.getConfig(config, None, u"email_username")
+    email_password = tools_config.getConfig(config, None, u"email_password")
+    email_auth = C.bool(tools_config.getConfig(config, None, "email_auth", C.BOOL_FALSE))
+    email_starttls = C.bool(tools_config.getConfig(config, None, "email_starttls",
+                            C.BOOL_FALSE))
+
+    msg = MIMEText(body, "plain", "UTF-8")
+    msg[u"Subject"] = subject
+    msg[u"From"] = email_from
+    msg[u"To"] = u", ".join(to_emails)
+
+    return smtp.sendmail(
+        email_host.encode("utf-8"),
+        email_from.encode("utf-8"),
+        [email.encode("utf-8") for email in to_emails],
+        msg.as_string(),
+        senderDomainName=email_sender_domain.encode("utf-8") if email_sender_domain
+                                                             else None,
+        port=email_port,
+        username=email_username.encode("utf-8") if email_username else None,
+        password=email_password.encode("utf-8") if email_password else None,
+        requireAuthentication=email_auth,
+        requireTransportSecurity=email_starttls,
+    )