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Re:I send myself automated emails to practice Dutch by bambax on Friday December 27, 2024 @12:25PM (#42524046)
The idea is really nice, but AWS sounds overkill? Using the same Python file with an Sqlite db (or a text file) and using an API like Mailgun to send the emails, it could run on any machine with a plain cron job?

I built a comparable system that sends me an email every day that I can respond to, to maintain a journal; it works like described above and has been running for about 5 years now with zero downtime.

Anyway the idea is really good!

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Re:I send myself automated emails to practice Dutch by lucb1e on Friday December 27, 2024 @12:57PM (#42524365)
> using an API like Mailgun to send the emails

Don't need that. You're already paying for (or self host) your primary email address right? That includes sending emails from that email address. Use those same login credentials to send emails to yourself, no need to contract a third party for sending a handful of emails per day, especially to yourself

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Re:I send myself automated emails to practice Dutch by tr97 on Friday December 27, 2024 @02:03PM (#42525024)
Yep, might be a bit overkill, but as mentioned in other comments, this project was more for fun and learning, less for efficiency :)
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Re:I send myself automated emails to practice Dutch by gbraad on Saturday December 28, 2024 @12:53AM (#42528918)
I agree completely. As a Dutch myself: "overdaad schaadt", which also teaches some of our pragmatism. We tend to implement simple solutions. We have no time to waste when the water comes in.

Although, I appreciate the idea and wish luck with learning the language (as NT2 I assume). Questions welcome.

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