ohlife was an email-based diary thing that shut down in October 2014. This aims to do basically the same thing.

You need an email address for this. I'm using gmail.

Create a file called email_credentials.py that looks like this:

def email_credentials():
    mailhost = "smtp.gmail.com"
    fromaddr = "XXX@gmail.com"
    replytoaddr = "OhLife <XXX@cloudmailin.net>"
    toaddrs = ["YYY"]
    credentials = ("XXX", "ZZZ")
    return mailhost, fromaddr, replytoaddr, toaddrs, credentials

Run the import.py script with your ohlife.txt export file:

python import.py ohlife_export.txt

Set up a web server to run listen.py. I'm just using the flask development server inside a tmux session. I found a virtual private server for less than $1/month from lowendbox.

Sign up for a free account at cloudmailin or equivalent. Basically you want something that converts email to an http post. Send the http post to the webserver in the previous step.

Set up a daily cron job to run ohlife.py.

When ohlife.py sends you an email, reply to the cloudmailin email address.

Enjoy.