Project Name This is the Write Mind, Right Mind project.
Mission We wanted people to keep their mental health up during COVID-19, because while it's just as important as physical health, mental health often gets put to the side. Journaling is a proven way to reduce stress and improve mental health, and this application allows you to do this from your email. We believe users are more likely to journal if they can do so in a location that they are already programmed to check often, so we made our application: a diary that stays in your email.
Code used This was mainly programmed in Python, using HTML for formatting. The main modules used were IMAP, SMTP, and ezgmail.
How to use the application When the script is running, users send an email with the subject line "New Diary" to the email writemindrightmind@gmail.com. The application will send back an email with our instructions, mission, and another message with some statistics and prompts. The user will reply to these messages with prompts with what their diary entry for the day will be. Every day, they will get another prompt email which they can reply to. At the end of the month, they will be sent an email with all of their diary entries for the month compiled in one nice place.
Improvements We'd like to make a lot of changes, but the main one would probably be adding dates to the monthly report. Also, fix glitches that may occur when trying to stop email.
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