A script to send emails at a regular interval using Outlook.

[PowerCat]

Heya

I made this script over a couple of days, used at work to send out boring, repetitive emails.

I could have used smtp to send emails, but this was more fun.

It's designed to open and stay open. Every 4 hours it runs GetDay() to see what day today is.

I need to send emails on first tuesday, second thursday and third monday. I had to be crafty to find it, plus I had to take account that @WDAY doesn't take into consideration what your windows is set for "First day of week" (monday or sunday)

After every run of the email sending, it'll create a flag file to make sure that it won't run again. (are there better ways to do this??)

I've been using autoit casually for about 5 years.

apart form autoit and batch files, I have no other programming skills.

any suggestion to improve it would be greatly appreciated!

Also I hope it'll help some people learn about new functions too!

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#Include <Array.au3>
#Include <Outlook.au3>
#Include <File.au3>
#include "icon.ico"
#include <Misc.au3>
#include <date.au3>

if _Singleton("MailerDaemon",1) = 0 Then
    Msgbox(0,"Warning","Already running")
    Exit
EndIf

Dim $xFirstTuesday, $xSecondThursday, $xThirdMonday, $xEveryMonday, $xMonF, $xMonE, $xBCC, $xSubject, $xBCC, $xCC, $xBody, $oOutlook

;Sleep(300000)

; Collection of functions to evaluate the current day.
Func GetDay()

$oOutlook = _OutlookOpen()

Switch @MON
Case 1
    $xMonF = "Janvier"
    $xMonE = "January"
Case 2
    $xMonF = "Février"
    $xMonE = "February"
Case 3
    $xMonF = "Mars"
    $xMonE = "March"
Case 4
    $xMonF = "Avril"
    $xMonE = "April"
Case 5
    $xMonF = "Mai"
    $xMonE = "May"
Case 6
    $xMonF = "Juin"
    $xMonE = "June"
Case 7
    $xMonF = "Juillet"
    $xMonE = "July"
Case 8
    $xMonF = "Aout"
    $xMonE = "August"
Case 9
    $xMonF = "Septembre"
    $xMonE = "Septembre"
Case 10
    $xMonF = "Octobre"
    $xMonE = "October"
Case 11
    $xMonF = "Novembre"
    $xMonE = "November"
Case 12
    $xMonF = "Décembre"
    $xMonE = "December"
EndSwitch

; Find the first tuesday of every month.
Select
    Case RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International","iFirstDayOfWeek") = 6 AND @WDAY = 3 AND @MDAY <= 07
        $xFirstTuesday = 1
    Case RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International","iFirstDayOfWeek") = 0 AND @WDAY = 2 AND @MDAY <= 07
        $xFirstTuesday = 1
    Case Else
        $xFirstTuesday = 0
EndSelect
    
; Find the second thursday of every month.
Select
    Case RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International","iFirstDayOfWeek") = 6 AND @WDAY = 5 AND @MDAY >= 10 AND @MDAY <= 16
        $xSecondThursday = 1
    Case RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International","iFirstDayOfWeek") = 0 AND @WDAY = 4 AND @MDAY >= 10 AND @MDAY <= 16
        $xSecondThursday = 1
    Case Else
        $xSecondThursday = 0
EndSelect

; Find the third monday of every month
Select
    Case RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International","iFirstDayOfWeek") = 6 AND @WDAY = 2 AND @MDAY >= 14 AND @MDAY <= 20
        $xThirdMonday = 1
    Case RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International","iFirstDayOfWeek") = 0 AND @WDAY = 1 AND @MDAY >= 14 AND @MDAY <= 20
        $xThirdMonday = 1
    Case Else
        $xThirdMonday = 0
EndSelect

; Find out if today is monday
Select
    Case RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International","iFirstDayOfWeek") = 6 AND @WDAY = 2
        $xEveryMonday = 1
    Case RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International","iFirstDayOfWeek") = 0 AND @WDAY = 1
        $xEveryMonday = 1
    Case Else
        $xEveryMonday = 0
EndSelect

EndFunc

; Send first-tuesday excel sheet email.
Func FirstTuesday()
    $xSubject = "Altiris Pilots - Prevision for this month Patch deployment"
    $xCC = ""
    $xBCC = "powercat@gmail"
    $xBody = "Good morning,<br><br>As per usual, please review the Altiris Pilot list in order to validate the data.<br>Let us know of any changes that need to be done<br>Thank you.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><b>Olivier Gagnon</b>"
    _OutlookSendMail($oOutlook, "powercat@gmail", "", $xCC, $xBCC, $xSubject, $xBody,"\\someserver\SystemManagement\Altiris\Patch Management\List Pilots Internationnal 2010.xls",$olFormatHTML,"",@ScriptDir & "\Outlook\OutlookWarning1.exe")
    _FileCreate(@AppDataDir & "\" & @MDAY & @MON & @YEAR & "_FirstTuesday")
EndFunc

; Send second thursday update email.
Func SecondThursday()
    $xSubject = "Déploiment des correctifs pour " & $xMonF & " / " & $xMonE & " patch deployment."
    $xCC = ""
    $xBCC = "powercat@gmail"
    $xBody = "Bonjour<br><br><b>Altiris</b>: Le déploiement des correctifs sera fait Mardi le " & @MDAY + 5 & " " & $xMonF & " " & @YEAR & " à 03h00"
    _OutlookSendMail($oOutlook, "powercat@gmail", "", $xCC, $xBCC, $xSubject, $xBody,"",$olFormatHTML,"",@ScriptDir & "\Outlook\OutlookWarning1.exe")
    _FileCreate(@AppDataDir & "\" & @MDAY & @MON & @YEAR & "_SecondThursday")
EndFunc

; Send second monday warning email.
Func ThirdMonday()
    $xSubject = "Correctifs " & $xMonF & " " & @YEAR & " - Stations de travail"
    $xBCC = "powercat@gmail"
    $xCC = ""
    $xBody = "Bonjour,<br><br>Cette nuit débutera l'installation des correctifs sur vos postes de travail.<br>S'il vous plait nous fournir vos résultats <b>avant ce mercredi midi.</b><br><br>Merci."
    _OutlookSendMail($oOutlook, "powercat@gmail", "", $xCC, $xBCC, $xSubject, $xBody,"",$olFormatHTML,"",@ScriptDir & "\Outlook\OutlookWarning1.exe")
    _FileCreate(@AppDataDir & "\" & @MDAY & @MON & @YEAR & "_ThirdMonday")
EndFunc

; Upload the new test excel sheet to the public folder by an email.
Func EveryMonday()
    
    ; This will list all folders in \\it11\preprod and find the ones that are 1 week old and newer, make them into a nifty list and send it by email.
    
    $MyArray = _FileListToArray("\\it11\production\", "*", 2)
    local $array1[1]
    local $t[1]
    local $yyyymd
    local $xDate
    For $i = 0 to UBound($MyArray)-1
    $t = FileGetTime("\\it11\production\" & $MyArray[$i], 1, 0)
    If Not @error Then
        $yyyymd = $t[0] & "/" & $t[1] & "/" & $t[2]
        $xDate = _DateDiff('d',$yyyymd, _NowCalcDate())
    EndIf
    If $xDate <= 7 Then _ArrayAdd($array1, $yyyymd & " - " & $MyArray[$i])
    Next
    _ArrayDelete($array1, 0)
    _ArrayDelete($array1, 0)
    _ArraySort($array1)
    $oOutlook = _OutlookOpen()
    $xSubject = UBound($array1) & " new Packages in production as of " & _DateAdd('d', -7, _NowCalcDate())
    $xCC = "powercat@gmail"
    $xBCC = ""
    $xBody = "Please review the following list of packages that were released in prod since " &_DateAdd('d', -7, _NowCalcDate()) & ".<br>If the package not be available on your local package server, please send a request to 3551<br>and specify the requested package name for copy.<br><br>" & _ArrayToString($array1, "<br>")
    _OutlookSendMail($oOutlook, "powercat@gmail", "", $xCC, $xBCC, $xSubject, $xBody,"",$olFormatHTML,"","P:\Scripts\Outlook\OutlookWarning1.exe")
    
    ; end folder listing email.
    
    $oOutlook = _OutlookOpen()
    $xSubject = "Pilot test list as of " & $xMonE & " " & @MDAY & ", " & @YEAR & "."
    $xBCC = ""
    $xCC = ""
    $xBody = "Please find this updated list which contains the pilot tests around the world."
    _OutlookSendMail($oOutlook, "powercat@gmail", "powercat@gmail", $xCC, $xBCC, $xSubject , $xBody,"\\serverhere\SystemManagement\Altiris\Patch Management\List Pilots Internationnal 2010.xls",$olFormatHTML,"",@ScriptDir & "\Outlook\OutlookWarning1.exe")
    _FileCreate(@AppDataDir & "\" & @MDAY & @MON & @YEAR & "_EveryMonday")
EndFunc

; Everything to evaluate on a daily basis.
Func BeginDaily()
    If $xFirstTuesday = 1 AND FileExists(@AppDataDir & "\" & @MDAY & @MON & @YEAR & "_FirstTuesday") = 0 Then FirstTuesday()
    If $xSecondThursday = 1 AND FileExists(@AppDataDir & "\" & @MDAY & @MON & @YEAR & "_SecondThursday") = 0 Then SecondThursday()
    If $xThirdMonday = 1 AND FileExists(@AppDataDir & "\" & @MDAY & @MON & @YEAR & "_ThirdMonday") = 0 Then ThirdMonday()
    If $xEveryMonday = 1 AND FileExists(@AppDataDir & "\" & @MDAY & @MON & @YEAR & "_EveryMonday") = 0 Then EveryMonday()
EndFunc
 
; evaluate conditions
While 1
    GetDay()
    BeginDaily()
    Sleep(10000000)
WEnd

Edited February 11, 2011 by PowerCat