I figured I’d ask again and see if anyone could offer any help. Thanks
Has anyone put together a more thorough “non-programmer” installation for this? Id love to use it but it all look like Greek to me. Any suggestions for a Windows installation that my grandmother could follow? Clone this repo or download the zip
I downloaded and unzipped the folder contents. Copy the contents of scripts to where you want the script to run from
I assume this means create a folder and name it whatever you want, then copy the files from the script folder into it? Copy the contents of web to your web folder
Where is the web folder? Do I create one? If so, where? Update the config.conf file inside the scripts folder
Update it how? Is there a new file that I need to download to replace it?
Assuming Zeus looks down upon me and I get it working, how do I access it to send the emails? How do I send a test email? How do I add/delete people. Is there a visual interface that I use? Do I somehow run it from a command prompt?
(Sorry. again, I’m not a programmer. I need instructions that a child could literally follow. No shame.)
@Eyelinerdevil said:
I figured I’d ask again and see if anyone could offer any help. Thanks
Has anyone put together a more thorough “non-programmer” installation for this? Id love to use it but it all look like Greek to me. Any suggestions for a Windows installation that my grandmother could follow? Clone this repo or download the zip
I downloaded and unzipped the folder contents. Copy the contents of scripts to where you want the script to run from
I assume this means create a folder and name it whatever you want, then copy the files from the script folder into it?
Got all this about right.
Copy the contents of web to your web folder
Where is the web folder? Do I create one? If so, where?
Don’t worry about this, use an account with cloudinary instead.
Update the config.conf file inside the scripts folder
Update it how? Is there a new file that I need to download to replace it?
Open up the config file with notepad or whatever editor you want. You will see options in there for you to customize for yourself (like using cloudinary instead of web folders)
Assuming Zeus looks down upon me and I get it working, how do I access it to send the emails? How do I send a test email?
Open a cmd promt to that script folder and type plexEmail.py -t. This will send a test email just to you.
Sending it out normal just requires the same steps as above without the -t. Ways to get this automated (like on a weekly basis is in the main thread)
How do I add/delete people. Is there a visual interface that I use? Do I somehow run it from a command prompt?
You can let it pick them up from your friends list in Plex or just add in the emails you want (option in the config file).
Yes I did have to smile at your post and agree entirely with you. Many people use PMS and never look to get into the nitty gritty’s of scripts etc. Like you (and no doubt many other users) the idea of generating an email to ‘friends/users’ appealed to me also but have no idea even after reading the aforementioned instructions…which assume you have a masters in scripting etc. So I also ask the question can someone (clearly there are many on this forum who can) lay out some simple walk through hold your hand guide on how to add Plexmail to a PMS. Please assume the PMS user hasn’t a clue how to do it. Simple words and pictures would be helpful. I managed to install Plexpy (using a good guide with pictures) so again can someone do the same for Plexmail. Even better would be a Youtube video.
