[MATLAB] My first use of sendmail

The official Matlab blog featured a short article recently on a function that could be of use to some people: ‘sendmail’. If you set it up correctly, Matlab can send out e-mails to keep you updated on its progress while you’re away from your work computer, or automatically e-mail you the data as soon as a subject finishes an experiment.

 

http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/2010/09/16/my-first-use-of-sendmail/?s_cid=fb_wall_loren_sendmail

 

 

For instance, to send from your kuleuven e-mail, you could use something like this.

 

address = 'yourname@gmail.com';                         % The e-mail address to which to send

subject = 'Matlab progress report';                     % The e-mail subject

message = 'Matlab finished creating your stimuli';      % The body of the message

attachname = 'stimuli.mat';                             % An attachment

mail = 'yourname@psy.kuleuven.be';                      % The e-mail address from which to send

username = 'u0000000';                                  % Your u-number

password = 'mypassword';                                % Your password

 

% Settings for kuleuven e-mail sending

setpref('Internet','E_mail',mail);

setpref('Internet','SMTP_Server','smtps.kuleuven.be');

setpref('Internet','SMTP_Username',username);

setpref('Internet','SMTP_Password',password);

 

props = java.lang.System.getProperties;

props.setProperty('mail.smtp.auth','true');

props.setProperty('mail.smtp.socketFactory.class', 'javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory');

props.setProperty('mail.smtp.socketFactory.port','443');

 

% Sendmail example without attachment

sendmail(address,subject,message)

 

% Sendmail example with attachment

sendmail(address,subject,message,'stimuli.mat')

 

 

Beware though, having your KUL password saved in a plain text m-file can be a security risk. You could try to use a less sensitive e-mail account if this bothers you, or be more inventive in how you enter the password into the program (e.g., load it from a .mat file, make up or download a simple encryption routine,…).

 

Greetings,

Maarten