Yet another mail merge unsubscribe

The never-ending battle against unwanted emails!

Here's a sample code for a mail merge unsubscribe link in Python using the pandas library:

Assumptions:

Code:

import pandas as pd
import smtplib
from email.mime.text import MIMEText

# Load the email list from the CSV file
emails = pd.read_csv('email_list.csv')

# Define the mail merge template (HTML file)
template_file = 'mail_merge_template.html'

# Define the unsubscribe link URL
unsubscribe_url = 'https://example.com/unsubscribe'

# Create a dictionary to store the unsubscribe tokens
unsubscribe_tokens = {}

# Loop through each email in the list
for index, row in emails.iterrows():
    email = row['email']
    unsubscribe_token = row['unsubscribe_token']

    # Create a unique unsubscribe link for each email
    unsubscribe_link = f'{unsubscribe_url}?token={unsubscribe_token}'

    # Replace the unsubscribe link in the mail merge template
    with open(template_file, 'r') as f:
        template = f.read()
    template = template.replace('{{ unsubscribe_link }}', unsubscribe_link)

    # Send the email
    msg = MIMEText(template)
    msg['Subject'] = 'Your Mail Merge Email'
    msg['From'] = 'Your Email Address'
    msg['To'] = email

    # Send the email using your preferred email service (e.g., Gmail)
    server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
    server.starttls()
    server.login('your_email_address', 'your_email_password')
    server.sendmail('your_email_address', email, msg.as_string())
    server.quit()

    # Store the unsubscribe token in the dictionary
    unsubscribe_tokens[email] = unsubscribe_token

# Save the unsubscribe tokens to a file (e.g., for later reference)
pd.DataFrame(unsubscribe_tokens).to_csv('unsubscribe_tokens.csv', index=False)

How it works:

  1. The script loads the email list from a CSV file and defines the mail merge template (HTML file) and unsubscribe link URL.
  2. It creates a dictionary to store the unsubscribe tokens, which are unique for each email.
  3. The script loops through each email in the list and creates a unique unsubscribe link for each email by appending the unsubscribe token to the URL.
  4. It replaces the unsubscribe link in the mail merge template with the unique link for each email.
  5. The script sends the email using your preferred email service (e.g., Gmail).
  6. It stores the unsubscribe token in the dictionary for later reference.
  7. Finally, it saves the unsubscribe tokens to a file (e.g., for later reference).

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