Automatically send emails from .CSV files exported from CrunchBase

Instructions:

1. Install Visual Studio Code for your operating system: https://code.visualstudio.com/download
2. Open Visual Studio Code.
3. Click the Extensions button on the left sidebar and search for "Python". Install and enable the Python extension.

4. Navigate to Explorer on the left sidebar and select Clone Repository.

5. Enter this repository URL in the text box at the top: https://github.com/Aanika-Sadana/EmailSender.git

If it prompts you to sign into a GitHub account, either create an account or sign into an existing one, and authorize it with GitHub.

6. Select a folder to save the repository in and click Select as Repository Destination.

7. Your workspace should contain the following files:

• EMAILSENDER (Workspace)

  • automation (directory containing Python script)
    • email_sender.py (Python script)
  • batch 1.1 (Batch 1.1)
  • batch 1.2 (Batch 1.2)
  • batch ... (Batch ...)
  • README.md (instructions)
  

Your script is now set up in VS Code. Refer to steps 8-10 for every email batch exported from CrunchBase.

8. To upload a new .CSV file generated by CrunchBase, drag and drop your .CSV file from your file explorer to VS Code

9. Open the script called "email_sender.py". Replace the file name with the name of the newly uploaded .CSV file

10. SAVE the file and hit Run Python File on the top right to run the script and automatically send all emails listed in the batch.