simplify mass-mailing to openstreetmap user accounts

osm-massmail/info.txt

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+How to use these scripts:
+
+1) generate a list of OSM usernames, that should be the target of a mail
+
+2) retrieve the user id for each username (via the shell script)
+
+3) edit the mail text in the python script
+
+4) run the following command:
+	( \
+		cat html_header.inc; cat FILE_WITH_USERS_AND_IDS | while read line; \
+		do username="$(echo "$line" | cut -f 1)"; \
+			user_id="$(echo "$line" | cut -f 2)"; \
+			./generate_send_message_url.py "$username" "$user_id"; \
+			done; \
+		cat html_footer.inc \
+	) >mail_links.html
+
+5) open the html file in your favourite browser
+
+6) login to your openstreetmap account
+
+7) click on each of the links in the local html file to send a single message
+