#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Mailer Engine — Ollama-personalized email campaign sender.
Runs on Windows (VPS). SQLite-backed. SES delivery. Ollama over Tailscale.
"""
import sqlite3, json, time, threading, queue, os, re, html, logging
from datetime import datetime
import requests
APP_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
DB_PATH = os.path.join(APP_DIR, "mailer.db")
LOG_PATH = os.path.join(APP_DIR, "engine.log")
logging.basicConfig(filename=LOG_PATH, level=logging.INFO,
format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s")
log = logging.getLogger("mailer")
# ------------------------------------------------------------------ config
def load_config():
defaults = {
"ollama_url": "http://100.103.34.0:11440", # nightmare tailnet via non-chunked shim
"ollama_model": "mgraffam/gemma4-heretic:12b",
"ses_region": "us-east-1",
"send_mode": "smtp", # smtp (works now) | ses (needs AWS keys)
"smtp_host": "smtp.protonmail.ch",
"smtp_port": 587,
"smtp_user": "makemoneys8@proton.me",
"smtp_pass": "",
"from_name": "drjones",
"from_email": "",
"reply_to": "",
"rate_per_minute": 60, # SES default 14/s; keep low for reputation
"batch_size": 50,
"pause_between_batches_sec": 20,
"personalize": True,
"personalize_prompt": "Write a 2-3 sentence friendly, personal email greeting for {first_name}. They are a subscriber interested in {interest}. Warm, human, no hype, no exclamation marks. Sign as {from_name}.",
"unsubscribe_footer": True,
"send_hours": "9-18", # server-local hour window; outside = pause
"ab_subjects": True, # gemma4 writes 3 subject variants
"stopped": False,
}
c = sqlite3.connect(DB_PATH)
c.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS config (k TEXT PRIMARY KEY, v TEXT)")
for k, v in defaults.items():
c.execute("INSERT OR IGNORE INTO config (k,v) VALUES (?,?)", (k, json.dumps(v)))
c.commit()
out = {k: json.loads(v) for (k, v) in c.execute("SELECT k,v FROM config")}
c.close()
return out
def save_config(cfg):
c = sqlite3.connect(DB_PATH)
for k, v in cfg.items():
c.execute("INSERT OR REPLACE INTO config (k,v) VALUES (?,?)", (k, json.dumps(v)))
c.commit(); c.close()
# ------------------------------------------------------------------ db
def db():
c = sqlite3.connect(DB_PATH, check_same_thread=False)
c.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
return c
def init_db():
c = db()
c.executescript("""
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS subscribers (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
email TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL,
first_name TEXT DEFAULT '',
last_name TEXT DEFAULT '',
interest TEXT DEFAULT '',
status TEXT DEFAULT 'active', -- active|unsubscribed|bounced|complained
source TEXT DEFAULT 'import',
created_at TEXT DEFAULT (datetime('now'))
);
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sends (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
subscriber_id INTEGER,
campaign_id INTEGER,
email TEXT,
subject TEXT,
body TEXT,
status TEXT DEFAULT 'queued', -- queued|personalizing|sent|failed|skipped
error TEXT DEFAULT '',
message_id TEXT DEFAULT '',
sent_at TEXT
);
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS campaigns (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
name TEXT,
subject TEXT,
body TEXT, -- HTML with {{first_name}} etc
created_at TEXT DEFAULT (datetime('now')),
status TEXT DEFAULT 'draft', -- draft|ready|running|paused|done
segment_interest TEXT DEFAULT ''
);
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS suppression (
email TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
reason TEXT DEFAULT 'manual',
created_at TEXT DEFAULT (datetime('now'))
);
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ab_variants (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
campaign_id INTEGER,
subject TEXT,
sent INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
opened INTEGER DEFAULT 0
);
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS events (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
send_id INTEGER,
type TEXT, -- open|click|bounce|complaint|unsubscribe
ts TEXT DEFAULT (datetime('now'))
);
CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_sends_status ON sends(status);
CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_subs_status ON subscribers(status);
""")
c.commit(); c.close()
# ------------------------------------------------------------------ ollama
class OllamaClient:
def __init__(self, url, model, timeout=300):
self.url = url.rstrip("/")
self.model = model
self.timeout = timeout
self._fail_until = 0
def healthy(self):
try:
r = requests.get(f"{self.url}/api/tags", timeout=5)
return r.status_code == 200
except Exception:
return False
def generate(self, prompt):
if time.time() < self._fail_until:
return None
try:
r = requests.post(f"{self.url}/api/generate",
json={"model": self.model, "prompt": prompt, "stream": False,
"options": {"num_predict": 350, "temperature": 0.8}, "keep_alive": "15m"},
timeout=self.timeout)
r.raise_for_status()
d = r.json()
text = (d.get("response") or "").strip()
if not text:
text = (d.get("thinking") or "").strip()
# strip any raw-CoT
if "" in text:
text = text.split("")[-1]
return text.strip()
except Exception as e:
log.warning(f"ollama fail: {e}")
self._fail_until = time.time() + 120 # backoff 2 min
return None
def personalize_intro(ollama, sub, cfg):
if not cfg.get("personalize") or not ollama:
return ""
prompt = ("Reply with ONLY the greeting text itself — no plan, no options, no bullets, no thinking out loud.\n"
+ cfg["personalize_prompt"].format(
first_name=sub["first_name"] or "there",
interest=sub["interest"] or "our updates",
from_name=cfg.get("from_name", "")))
out = ollama.generate(prompt)
if not out:
return ""
# sanitize: keep it short, no subject lines the model might add
# gemma4-heretic wraps candidate greetings in "double quotes" inside planning bullets.
quoted = re.findall(r'"([^"\n]{25,400})"', out)
if quoted:
text = quoted[-1].strip()
else:
keep = []
for l in out.splitlines():
t = l.strip()
if not t:
continue
if t.startswith("*") or t.startswith("-"):
continue
low = t.lower()
if low.startswith(("constraint", "subject:", "tone:", "content:", "format",
"option", "plan", "context", "recipient", "interest",
"sign-off", "sign:")):
continue
keep.append(t)
text = " ".join(keep) if keep else out.strip()
return text[:600]
# ------------------------------------------------------------------ template
def render_template(body, sub, cfg, intro=""):
d = sub["first_name"] or "there"
out = body
for k, v in {
"{{first_name}}": d,
"{{first_name_or_there}}": d,
"{{last_name}}": sub["last_name"] or "",
"{{email}}": sub["email"],
"{{interest}}": sub["interest"] or "our updates",
"{{from_name}}": cfg.get("from_name", ""),
"{{intro}}": intro,
}.items():
out = out.replace(k, html.escape(v) if "{{intro}}" != k else v)
# also {first_name} single-brace style
out = re.sub(r"\{first_name\}", d, out)
if cfg.get("unsubscribe_footer"):
foot = ('
')
out = out + foot
return out
def render_subject(subject, sub):
out = subject.replace("{{first_name}}", sub["first_name"] or "there")
out = re.sub(r"\{first_name\}", sub["first_name"] or "there", out)
return out
# ------------------------------------------------------------------ sender
class Sender:
"""SES via boto3; lazy import so the GUI can start without creds."""
def __init__(self, cfg):
self.cfg = cfg
self._client = None
def client(self):
if self._client is None:
import boto3
self._client = boto3.client("sesv2", region_name=self.cfg.get("ses_region", "us-east-1"))
return self._client
def send(self, to_email, subject, html_body):
if self.cfg.get("send_mode") == "smtp":
return self._send_smtp(to_email, subject, html_body)
c = self.client()
resp = c.send_email(
FromEmailAddress=f'{self.cfg.get("from_name","")} <{self.cfg["from_email"]}>' if self.cfg.get("from_name") else self.cfg["from_email"],
Destination={"ToAddresses": [to_email]},
Content={
"Simple": {
"Subject": {"Data": subject, "Charset": "UTF-8"},
"Body": {"Html": {"Data": html_body, "Charset": "UTF-8"}},
}
},
ReplyToAddresses=[self.cfg["reply_to"]] if self.cfg.get("reply_to") else [],
)
return resp["MessageId"]
def _send_smtp(self, to_email, subject, html_body):
import smtplib
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
msg = MIMEMultipart("alternative")
msg["Subject"] = subject
msg["From"] = f'{self.cfg.get("from_name","")} <{self.cfg.get("smtp_user","")}>'
msg["To"] = to_email
if self.cfg.get("reply_to"):
msg["Reply-To"] = self.cfg["reply_to"]
msg.attach(MIMEText(html_body, "html", "utf-8"))
with smtplib.SMTP(self.cfg.get("smtp_host", "smtp.mail.me.com"),
int(self.cfg.get("smtp_port", 587)), timeout=30) as srv:
srv.starttls()
srv.login(self.cfg.get("smtp_user", ""), self.cfg.get("smtp_pass", ""))
srv.send_message(msg)
return f"smtp-{int(time.time())}"
# ------------------------------------------------------------------ engine
class Engine:
def __init__(self):
init_db()
self.state = {"running": False, "current": "", "sent": 0, "failed": 0,
"skipped": 0, "total": 0, "started_at": ""}
self.thread = None
def status(self):
c = db()
counts = {r["status"]: r["n"] for r in c.execute(
"SELECT status, COUNT(*) n FROM sends GROUP BY status")}
camp = c.execute("SELECT * FROM campaigns ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1").fetchone()
c.close()
return {**self.state, "counts": counts,
"campaign": dict(camp) if camp else None}
def run_campaign(self, campaign_id):
if self.state["running"]:
return {"ok": False, "error": "already running"}
self.thread = threading.Thread(target=self._run, args=(campaign_id,), daemon=True)
self.thread.start()
return {"ok": True}
def _in_send_hours(self, cfg):
try:
lo, hi = cfg.get("send_hours", "9-18").split("-")
h = datetime.now().hour
return int(lo) <= h < int(hi)
except Exception:
return True
def _run(self, campaign_id):
cfg = load_config()
c = db()
camp = c.execute("SELECT * FROM campaigns WHERE id=?", (campaign_id,)).fetchone()
if not camp:
c.close(); return
# queue all active subscribers not yet sent for this campaign
seg = (camp["segment_interest"] or "").strip() if "segment_interest" in camp.keys() else ""
if seg:
rows = c.execute("""
SELECT s.* FROM subscribers s
WHERE s.status='active'
AND s.interest LIKE ?
AND s.id NOT IN (SELECT subscriber_id FROM sends WHERE campaign_id=? AND status IN ('sent','skipped'))
ORDER BY s.id
""", (f"%{seg}%", campaign_id)).fetchall()
else:
rows = c.execute("""
SELECT s.* FROM subscribers s
WHERE s.status='active'
AND s.id NOT IN (SELECT subscriber_id FROM sends WHERE campaign_id=? AND status IN ('sent','skipped'))
ORDER BY s.id
""", (campaign_id,)).fetchall()
for r in rows:
c.execute("INSERT OR IGNORE INTO sends (subscriber_id, campaign_id, email, status) VALUES (?,?,?,'queued')",
(r["id"], campaign_id, r["email"]))
c.commit()
self.state.update({"running": True, "sent": 0, "failed": 0, "skipped": 0,
"total": len(rows), "started_at": datetime.now().isoformat(timespec='seconds')})
log.info(f"campaign {campaign_id} start: {len(rows)} recipients")
ollama = OllamaClient(cfg["ollama_url"], cfg["ollama_model"]) if cfg.get("personalize") else None
if ollama:
self.state["current"] = f"checking Ollama at {cfg['ollama_url']}..."
if ollama.healthy():
log.info("ollama healthy")
else:
log.warning("ollama NOT reachable — sending without personalization")
self.state["current"] = "Ollama unreachable — sending generic (will retry it periodically)"
# A/B subject variants (feature 6): gemma4 writes 2 alternates; variant 0 = campaign subject
variants = [camp["subject"]]
if cfg.get("ab_subjects") and ollama and ollama.healthy():
for i in range(2):
alt = ollama.generate(
f"Rewrite this email subject line differently — same meaning, fresh angle, under 60 chars, no quotes. Reply with ONLY the subject.\nSubject: {camp['subject']}")
if alt:
alt = alt.strip().strip('"').splitlines()[0][:80]
if alt and alt.lower() not in [v.lower() for v in variants]:
variants.append(alt)
if len(variants) > 1:
c.execute("DELETE FROM ab_variants WHERE campaign_id=?", (campaign_id,))
for v in variants:
c.execute("INSERT INTO ab_variants (campaign_id, subject) VALUES (?,?)", (campaign_id, v))
c.commit()
log.info(f"AB variants: {variants}")
sender = Sender(cfg)
batch_n = 0
try:
sends = c.execute("SELECT * FROM sends WHERE campaign_id=? AND status='queued' ORDER BY id",
(campaign_id,)).fetchall()
for snd in sends:
if cfg.get("stopped") or not self.state["running"]:
log.info("stopped by operator")
break
sub = c.execute("SELECT * FROM subscribers WHERE id=?", (snd["subscriber_id"],)).fetchone()
if not sub or sub["status"] != "active":
c.execute("UPDATE sends SET status='skipped' WHERE id=?", (snd["id"],)); c.commit()
self.state["skipped"] += 1
continue
if c.execute("SELECT 1 FROM suppression WHERE email=?", (sub["email"],)).fetchone():
c.execute("UPDATE sends SET status='skipped', error='suppressed' WHERE id=?", (snd["id"],)); c.commit()
self.state["skipped"] += 1
continue
if not self._in_send_hours(cfg):
# outside sending window: pause loop (re-check every 5 min)
self.state["current"] = f"outside send hours ({cfg.get('send_hours')}) — sleeping"
c.execute("UPDATE sends SET status='queued' WHERE id=?", (snd["id"],)); c.commit()
time.sleep(300)
continue
self.state["current"] = sub["email"]
# personalize
intro = ""
if ollama and cfg.get("personalize"):
c.execute("UPDATE sends SET status='personalizing' WHERE id=?", (snd["id"],)); c.commit()
intro = personalize_intro(ollama, sub, cfg)
variant_i = self.state["sent"] % len(variants)
subject = render_subject(variants[variant_i], sub)
body = render_template(camp["body"], sub, cfg, intro)
# send
try:
mid = sender.send(sub["email"], subject, body)
c.execute("UPDATE sends SET status='sent', subject=?, body=?, message_id=?, sent_at=datetime('now') WHERE id=?",
(subject, body, mid, snd["id"]))
if len(variants) > 1:
c.execute("UPDATE ab_variants SET sent=sent+1 WHERE campaign_id=? AND subject=?",
(campaign_id, variants[variant_i]))
self.state["sent"] += 1
except Exception as e:
err = str(e)[:300]
log.error(f"send fail {sub['email']}: {err}")
c.execute("UPDATE sends SET status='failed', error=? WHERE id=?", (err, snd["id"]))
self.state["failed"] += 1
if "Throttling" in err:
time.sleep(30)
c.commit()
batch_n += 1
time.sleep(60.0 / max(1, cfg.get("rate_per_minute", 60)))
if batch_n >= cfg.get("batch_size", 50):
batch_n = 0
self.state["current"] = f"batch done — pausing {cfg.get('pause_between_batches_sec',20)}s"
time.sleep(cfg.get("pause_between_batches_sec", 20))
finally:
self.state["running"] = False
self.state["current"] = "idle"
c.execute("UPDATE campaigns SET status='done' WHERE id=?", (campaign_id,))
c.commit(); c.close()
log.info(f"campaign {campaign_id} done: sent={self.state['sent']} failed={self.state['failed']}")
ENGINE = None
def get_engine():
global ENGINE
if ENGINE is None:
ENGINE = Engine()
ENGINE.auto_resume()
return ENGINE
def auto_resume_thread():
"""Called from app startup: find campaign marked running/ready with queued sends and restart."""
import time as _t
_t.sleep(15) # let the web app bind first
try:
eng = get_engine()
c = db()
row = c.execute("SELECT id FROM campaigns WHERE status IN ('running','ready') ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1").fetchone()
n = c.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) n FROM sends WHERE status='queued'").fetchone()["n"]
c.close()
if row and n and not eng.state["running"]:
log.info(f"auto-resume campaign {row['id']} ({n} queued)")
eng.run_campaign(row["id"])
except Exception as e:
log.error(f"auto-resume failed: {e}")
import threading as _threading
def start_auto_resume():
_threading.Thread(target=auto_resume_thread, daemon=True).start()