Send Email

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API documentation
Definitions
Use Gmail API to send messages
Use SMTP to send messages
Google Workspace SMTP relay service
Send an email
Send an email from a user sendas
Send an email from a group
Send an email to notify a person of their new Google Workspace account
Send an email from users
Send an email to users
Simple replace <Tag> <String> processing
Example

Note

Thanks to @bousquf for the following enhancement. You want to send a message from an authorized group but a group email address can't be used in the Gmail API as the sender. Alternatively, you want to send a message from a user's alternate sendas address.

Added the option mailbox <EmailAddress> to gam sendemail to allow specifying the sender email address used in the Gmail API as different from from <EmailAddress>.

API documentation

Definitions

Command data from Google Docs/Sheets/Storage

<DomainName> ::= <String>(.<String>)+
<EmailAddress> ::=
        <String>@<DomainName> |
        <String> <<String>@<DomainName>> # The outer <> around <String>@<DomainName> are literal, e.g., IT Group<[email protected]> 
<EmailAddressList> ::= "<EmailAddress>(,<EmailAddress>)*"
<EmailAddressEntity> ::=
        <EmailAddressList> | <FileSelector> | <CSVkmdSelector>
        See: https://github.com/taers232c/GAMADV-XTD3/wiki/Collections-of-Users
<RecipientEntity> ::= <EmailAddressEntity> | (select <UserTypeEntity>)
<UserItem> ::= <EmailAddress>|<UniqueID>|<String>

<StorageBucketName> ::= <String>
<StorageObjectName> ::= <String>
<StorageBucketObjectName> ::=
        https://storage.cloud.google.com/<StorageBucketName>/<StorageObjectName>|
        https://storage.googleapis.com/<StorageBucketName>/<StorageObjectName>|
        gs://<StorageBucketName>/<StorageObjectName>|
        <StorageBucketName>/<StorageObjectName>

<UserGoogleDoc> ::=
        <EmailAddress> <DriveFileIDEntity>|<DriveFileNameEntity>|(<SharedDriveEntity> <SharedDriveFileNameEntity>)

<MessageContent> ::=
        (message|textmessage|htmlmessage <String>)|
        (file|textfile|htmlfile <FileName> [charset <Charset>])|
        (gdoc|ghtml <UserGoogleDoc>)|
        (gcsdoc|gcshtml <StorageBucketObjectName>)

<Time> ::=
        <Year>-<Month>-<Day>(<Space>|T)<Hour>:<Minute>:<Second>[.<MilliSeconds>](Z|(+|-(<Hour>:<Minute>))) |
        (+|-)<Number>(m|h|d|w|y) |
        never|
        now|today

<SMTPDateHeader> ::=
        date|
        delivery-date|
        expires|
        expiry-date|
        latest-delivery-time|
        reply-by|
        resent-date
<SMTPHeader> ::=
        accept-language|
        alternate-recipient|
        autoforwarded|
        autosubmitted|
        bcc|
        cc|
        comments|
        content-alternative|
        content-base|
        content-description|
        content-disposition|
        content-duration|
        content-id|
        content-identifier|
        content-language|
        content-location|
        content-md5|
        content-return|
        content-transfer-encoding|
        content-type|
        content-features|
        conversion|
        conversion-with-loss|
        dl-expansion-history|
        deferred-delivery|
        delivered-to|
        discarded-x400-ipms-extensions|
        discarded-x400-mts-extensions|
        disclose-recipients|
        disposition-notification-options|
        disposition-notification-to|
        encoding|
        encrypted|
        from|
        generate-delivery-report|
        importance|
        in-reply-to|
        incomplete-copy|
        keywords|
        language|
        list-archive|
        list-help|
        list-id|
        list-owner|
        list-post|
        list-subscribe|
        list-unsubscribe|
        mime-version|
        message-context|
        message-id|
        message-type|
        obsoletes|
        original-encoded-information-types|
        original-message-id|
        originator-return-address|
        pics-label|
        prevent-nondelivery-report|
        priority|
        received|
        references|
        reply-to|
        resent-bcc|
        resent-cc|
        resent-from|
        resent-message-id|
        resent-reply-to|
        resent-sender|
        resent-to|
        return-path|
        sender|
        sensitivity|
        subject|
        supersedes|
        to|
        x400-content-identifier|
        x400-content-return|
        x400-content-type|
        x400-mts-identifier|
        x400-originator|
        x400-received|
        x400-recipients|
        x400-trace
<SMTPHeaderList> ::= "<SMTPDateHeader|SMTPHeader>(,<SMTPDateHeader|SMTPHeader>)*"

Use Gmail API to send messages

By default, GAM uses the Gmail API to send email messages. Typically, Service Account access is used but Client access will be used when gam.cfg todrive_clientaccess = True.

Use SMTP to send messages

Alternatively, GAM can use SMTP to send email messages. Messages are always sent on port 587 using starttls.

There are four gam.cfg variables used to configure SMTP.

smtp-fqdn - Fully qualified domain name used in SMTP EHLO command; default is to use system FQDN
smtp-host - The host name or IP address of the SMTP server
smtp-username - The username used for SMTP authentication; default is to not use authentication
smtp-password - The password used for SMTP authentication; default is to not use authentication

GAM uses SMTP to send email messages when smtp-host is defined. SMTP authentication is performed when both smtp_username and smtp_password are defined; otherwise, the connection is made without authentication.

The smtp_password can be specified as a plain text string or a Base64 encoded string.

plain text gam.cfg - smtp_password = password
plain text command line - gam config smtp_password password save
Base64 gam.cfg - smtp_password = b'base64string'
Base64 command line - gam config smtp_password = "b'base64string'" save

To convert a plain text string to Base 64 encoded string perform the following command:

Windows - powershell "[convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes(\"password\"))"
Linux/MacOS - echo -n "password" | base64

Google Workspace SMTP relay service

You can have GAM use SMTP in conjunction with the Google Workspace SMTP relay service. Configure it at Admin Console > Apps > Google Workspace > Gmail > Routing > SMTP relay service > CONFIGURE

Give the service a name, e.g., "GAM SMTP"
1. Allowed senders - Only addresses in my domain(s)
2. Authentication
- Check Only accept mail from the specified IP addresses
- Click Add
- Description - Describe the IP address, e.g., "GAM Server IP"
- IP address/range - Enter the public IP address of your GAM server, e.g., 1.2.3.4/32
- Check Enabled
- Click SAVE
- Check/uncheck Require SMTP Authentication as desired. If checked, smtp-password must be a Gmail Application Specific password
3. Encryption
- Check Require TLS encryption
Click SAVE in the lower right

Send an email

gam sendemail [recipient|to] <RecipientEntity>
        [from <EmailAddress>] [mailbox <EmailAddress>] [replyto <EmailAddress>]
        [cc <RecipientEntity>] [bcc <RecipientEntity>] [singlemessage]
        [subject <String>]
        [<MessageContent>] (replace <Tag> <String>)*
        [html [<Boolean>]] (attach <FileName> [charset <Charset>])*
        (embedimage <FileName> <String>)*
        [newuser <EmailAddress> firstname|givenname <String> lastname|familyname <string> password <Password>]
        (<SMTPDateHeader> <Time>)* (<SMTPHeader> <String>)* (header <String> <String>)*

By default, emails will be sent from the admin user named in oauth2.txt, override this with the from <EmailAddress> option.

When using the Gmail API/SMTP, GAM gets no/little indication as to the status of the message delivery; the from user will get a non-delivery receipt if the message could not be sent to the specified recipients.

By default, messages are sent as plain text, use html or html true to indicate that the message is HTML.

By default, a separate email is sent to each recipient; this isolates the recipient email addresses. If any of these options are specified, a single email will be sent to all of the recipients:

cc <RecipientEntity>
bcc <RecipientEntity>
singlemessage

The <SMTPDateHeader> <Time> argument requires <Time> values which will be converted to RFC2822 dates. If you have these headers with values that are not in <Time> format, use the argument header <SMTPDateHeader> <String>.

If you have an SMTP header that is not found in <SMTPDateHeader> or <SMTPHeader>, use header <String> <String>.

You can embed images in HTML email messages.

Your HTML message will contain lines like this:

<img src="cid:image1"/>
<img src="cid:image2"/>

Your command line will have: embedimage file1.jpg image1 embedimage file2.jpg image2

Send an email from a user sendas

You want to send an email from a user's sendas address. Use the mailbox <EmailAddress> to specify the user's primary email address and from <EmailAddress> to specify the sendas address.

gam sendemail [email protected] from [email protected] mailbox [email protected] subject "test subject" message "text body" ...

Send an email from a group

You want to send an email from a group for which you are an authorized sender. Use the mailbox <EmailAddress> to specify the sender email address used in the Gmail API as different from from <EmailAddress>.

gam sendemail [email protected] from "IT Group<[email protected]>" mailbox [email protected] subject "test subject" message "text body" ...

Send an email to notify a person of their new Google Workspace account

You can send a message with account details to an email address when creating|updating a user; this might be the user's secondary email address. You can specify additional recipients, e.g., help desk personnel.

gam sendemail [recipient|to] <RecipientEntity> [from <EmailAddress>]
        [replyto <EmailAddress>]
        [cc <RecipientEntity>] [bcc <RecipientEntity>] [singlemessage]
        [subject <String>]
        [<MessageContent>] (replace <Tag> <String>)*
        [html [<Boolean>]] (attach <FileName> [charset <Charset>])*
        (embedimage <FileName> <String>)*
        [newuser <EmailAddress> firstname|givenname <String> lastname|familyname <string> password <Password>]
        (<SMTPDateHeader> <Time>)* (<SMTPHeader> <String>)* (header <String> <String>)*

By default, emails will be sent from the admin user named in oauth2.txt, override this with the from <EmailAddress> option.

When using the Gmail API, GAM gets no/little indication as to the status of the message delivery; the from user will get a non-delivery receipt if the message could not be sent to the specified recipients.

By default, messages are sent as plain text, use html or html true to indicate that the message is HTML.

The recipient|to, firstname|givenname, lastname|familyname and password options are required when newuser <EmailAddress> is specified.

In the subject and message, these strings will be replaced with the specified values:

#givenname# - first/given name
#familyname# - last/family name
#email# - user's email address
#user# - user's email address
#username# - portion of user's email address before @
#domain# - portion of user's email after after @
#password# - password

If subject is not specified, the following value will be used:

Welcome to #domain#

If message is not specified, the following value will be used:

Hello #givenname# #familyname#,\n\nYou have a new account at #domain#\nAccount details:\n\nUsername\n#user#\n\nPassword\n#password#\n\n Start using your new account by signing in at\nhttps://www.google.com/accounts/AccountChooser?Email=#user#&continue=https://apps.google.com/user/hub\n

If you want a language/organization specific message, use a template file: message file <FileName> [charset <Charset>]

The <SMTPDateHeader> <Time> argument requires <Time> values which will be converted to RFC2822 dates. If you have these headers with values that are not in <Time> format, use the argument header <SMTPDateHeader> <String>.

If you have an SMTP header that is not found in <SMTPDateHeader> or <SMTPHeader>, use header <String> <String>.

You can embed images in HTML email messages.

Your HTML message will contain lines like this:

<img src="cid:image1"/>
<img src="cid:image2"/>

Your command line will have: embedimage file1.jpg image1 embedimage file2.jpg image2

Examples

Send an email to a user's personal address notifying them of their new Google Workspace account; use the newuser option and default subject and message.

gam sendemail [email protected] newuser [email protected] firstname Bob lastname Smith password xxxxxx

Send an email to a user's personal address notifying them of their new Google Workspace account; use custom subject and message.

gam sendemail [email protected] subject "Your new #domain# account` message 'Bob, your new domain email address is [email protected] with password xxxxxx'

You can use a CSV file to do multiple new users.

Users.csv
personal,primaryemail,firstname,password
[email protected],[email protected],Bob,xxxxxx
[email protected],[email protected],Mary,xxxxxx
...

gam csv Users.csv gam sendemail "~personal" subject "Your new #domain# account` message '~~firstname~~, your new domain email address is ~~primaryemail~~ with password ~~password~~'

Send an email from users

gam <UserTypeEntity> sendemail recipient|to <RecipientEntity>
        [replyto <EmailAddress>]
        [cc <RecipientEntity>] [bcc <RecipientEntity>] [singlemessage]
        [subject <String>]
        [<MessageContent>] (replace <Tag> <String>)*
        [html [<Boolean>]] (attach <FileName> [charset <Charset>])*
        (embedimage <FileName> <String>)*
        [newuser <EmailAddress> firstname|givenname <String> lastname|familyname <string> password <Password>]
        (<SMTPDateHeader> <Time>)* (<SMTPHeader> <String>)* (header <String> <String>)*

Emails will be sent from the users in <UserTypeEntity> to the recipients in <RecipientEntity>.

When using the Gmail API/SMTP, GAM gets no/little indication as to the status of the message delivery; the from user will get a non-delivery receipt if the message could not be sent to the specified recipients.

By default, messages are sent as plain text, use htmlmessage, htmlfile or html true to indicate that the message is HTML.

By default, a separate email is sent to each recipient; this isolates the recipient email addresses. If any of these options are specified, a single email will be sent to all of the recipients:

cc <RecipientEntity>
bcc <RecipientEntity>
singlemessage

The <SMTPDateHeader> <Time> argument requires <Time> values which will be converted to RFC2822 dates. If you have these headers with values that are not in <Time> format, use the argument header <SMTPDateHeader> <String>.

If you have an SMTP header that is not found in <SMTPDateHeader> or <SMTPHeader>, use header <String> <String>.

You can embed images in HTML email messages.

Your HTML message will contain lines like this:

<img src="cid:image1"/>
<img src="cid:image2"/>

Your command line will have: embedimage file1.jpg image1 embedimage file2.jpg image2

Send an email to users

gam <UserTypeEntity> sendemail [from <EmailAddress>]
        [replyto <EmailAddress>]
        [cc <RecipientEntity>] [bcc <RecipientEntity>] [singlemessage]
        [subject <String>]
        [<MessageContent>] (replace <Tag> <String>)*
        [html [<Boolean>]] (attach <FileName> [charset <Charset>])*
        (embedimage <FileName> <String>)*
        [newuser <EmailAddress> firstname|givenname <String> lastname|familyname <string> password <Password>]
        (<SMTPDateHeader> <Time>)* (<SMTPHeader> <String>)* (header <String> <String>)*

Emails will be sent to the users in <UserTypeEntity>.

By default, emails will be sent from the admin user named in oauth2.txt, override this with the from <EmailAddress> option.

When using the Gmail API/SMTP, GAM gets no/little indication as to the status of the message delivery; the from user will get a non-delivery receipt if the message could not be sent to the specified recipients.

By default, messages are sent as plain text, use htmlmessage, htmlfile or html true to indicate that the message is HTML.

By default, a separate email is sent to each recipient; this isolates the recipient email addresses. If any of these options are specified, a single email will be sent to all of the recipients:

cc <RecipientEntity>
bcc <RecipientEntity>
singlemessage

The <SMTPDateHeader> <Time> argument requires <Time> values which will be converted to RFC2822 dates. If you have these headers with values that are not in <Time> format, use the argument header <SMTPDateHeader> <String>.

If you have an SMTP header that is not found in <SMTPDateHeader> or <SMTPHeader>, use header <String> <String>.

You can embed images in HTML email messages.

Your HTML message will contain lines like this:

<img src="cid:image1"/>
<img src="cid:image2"/>

Your command line will have: embedimage file1.jpg image1 embedimage file2.jpg image2

Example

Send a message to a user, save the Message-ID so that a later reminder message can be sent referring to the first message.

$ gam user [email protected] sendemail to user2domain.com subject Test textmessage "Message" 
User: [email protected], Send Email to 1 Recipient
  Recipient: [email protected], Message: Test, Email Sent: 17677ccdfdeae7ad

$ gam redirect csv UserEmail.csv user [email protected] print messages ids 17677ccdfdeae7ad headers To,Subject,Message-ID
$ more UserEmail.csv
User,threadId,id,Subject,To,Message-ID
[email protected],17677d3e79d5f68a,17677d3e79d5f68a,Test,[email protected],<CAPMj=+p3vdDz1Mjfpe1BpNPT7g-MN1SKifjjCFDme2ftppsMJA@mail.gmail.com>

Send reminder message.

$ gam csv UserEmail.csv gam user "~User" sendemail to "~To" subject "~Subject" textmessage "Reminder Message" references "~Message-ID" in-reply-to "~Message-ID"
User: [email protected], Send Email to 1 Recipient
  Recipient: [email protected], Message: Test, Email Sent: 17677cdfbe1146f4

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Use Gmail API to send messages

Use SMTP to send messages

Google Workspace SMTP relay service

Send an email

Send an email from a user sendas

Send an email from a group

Send an email to notify a person of their new Google Workspace account

Examples

Send an email from users

Send an email to users

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