Some totalitarian regimes require their pupils to send an E-Mail to every teacher.
This script automates that ;)
DISCLAIMER: This is a 2h hackjob! If it breaks, it's not my fault!
Why do i post this? I like FOSS!
Simply run sender.sh as a cronjob
The programm loops over every file in ./tasks/<taskname>/ and sends the specified emails.
A Randomisation factor of up to 20 minutes in the past is applied to the Send-Date
The Send-Date is based on the magic filename see below
Emails are sourced shell scripts which should echo the actual SMTP mail on STDOUT
DATE contains the fudged date of the email
DEBUG can be set to 1 to enable more verbose output
The .stats directory (sibling of the original script) contains auto-generated metadata to prevent repeatet executions within a 23h timespan
<WEEKDAY>_<HOUR>_<MINUTE>_<DESCRIPTION>
| Var | Description |
|---|---|
| WEEKDAY | Number of Weekday (0..6) 0 is Sunday (See date: %w) |
| HOUR | HOUR in 24h format (00..23) (See date: %H) |
| MINUTE | Minute of hour (00..59) (See date: %M) |
| DESCRIPTION | Anything you want.. Not used by programm |
Please note, that those numbers depend on the set locale of the server
An example script is available in src/tasks/example/5_12_35_example.eml
An example for complex stuff is in src/tasks/example/5_12_35_complex.sh