updated to send emails using only bash

Author: kwhitehall

automate/sendemail.py

@@ -3,15 +3,22 @@
 # This script is for sending the mailing list the meeting reminders every second 
 # Saturday and the Thursday before the next meeting (third Satureday of the month)
 # Add to crontab like so: 0 0 8-14 * * [`date +"%a"`==Sun]&&/path/to/monthlyReminder.sh
-# Add to crontab like so: 0 0 * * * [`date +"%a"`==Thu]&&/path/to/monthlyReminder.sh
+# Add to crontab like so: 0 0 * * Thu /path/to/monthlyReminder.sh
 
+thelist=""
 # if Sun then run the python script, else check if the date is new date -3 days
 if [[ `date +"%a"` == "Sun" ]]; then
-	python /path/to/automate/sendemail.py
+	while read -r line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do 
+               thelist+=$line","
+        done < /path/to/email-addresses.txt
+        sendmail $thelist < /path/to/monthly-meeting.txt
 else
 	source path/to/newDate.txt
-	nextSat=$(date -d "+3 days" +"%Y%m%d")
+	nextSat=$(date -d "+2 days" +"%Y%m%d")
 	if [[ $nextSat == $saveDate ]]; then
-		python /path/to/automate/sendemail.py
+		while read -r line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do 
+            thelist+=$line","
+	    done < /path/to/email-addresses.txt
+       	/path/to/sendmail $thelist < /path/to/monthly-meeting.txt
 	fi
 fi

cronscripts/server-side/monthlyReminder.sh

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ else
 	# write new date to file 
 	rm -f $PWD/nextDate.txt
 	touch $PWD/nextDate.txt
-	echo "saveDate="\"${saveDate}\""" > $PWD/nextDate.txt
+	echo $saveDate > $PWD/nextDate.txt
 
 
 echo "New Date: $newDate Old Date: $oldDate"

cronscripts/updateDate.sh

@@ -1 +1 @@
-saveDate="YYYYMMDD"
+YYYYMMDD