of course, as usual some bugfixes...

api1.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Config(object):
 
     SCHEDULER_API_ENABLED = True
 
-def sendSelfTelegram(message):
+def sendSelfTelegram(message,toId):
     print(f"sending telegram message to myself")
     # get your api_id, api_hash, token 
     # from telegram as described above 
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ def sendSelfTelegram(message):
         # signing in the client 
         client.sign_in(phone, input('Enter the code: ')) 
     try: 
-        schlingelId=5070349790
+        client.send_message(toId, message, parse_mode='html')
-        client.send_message(schlingelId, message, parse_mode='html')
     except Exception as e: 
         # there may be many error coming in while like peer 
         # error, wwrong access_hash, flood_error, etc 
@@ -64,11 +63,7 @@ def sendSelfTelegram(message):
     client.disconnect() 
 
 
-def sendMail(topic,toAddr):
+def sendNotification(topic,toAddr):
-    if not "@" in toAddr:
-        print(f"not sending mail -  {toAddr} not an email-address.")
-        return false
-    
     print(f"sending mail to {toAddr} for topic {topic}")
     port = 25
     server=smtplib.SMTP("localhost", port)
@@ -79,7 +74,11 @@ def sendMail(topic,toAddr):
     https://deadswitch.kawomi.com/api/v1?topic={topic}
 
     """
-    sendSelfTelegram(message)
+    sendSelfTelegram(message, 5070349790)
+
+    if not "@" in toAddr:
+        print(f"not sending mail -  {toAddr} not an email-address.")
+        return False
     server.sendmail(sender_email, receiver_email, message)
 
 def expiryCheck():
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ def expiryCheck():
     for theRow in cursor.execute("select expiry,topic,email from entries where active=True and isNotified=False and expiry < datetime()"):
         print(theRow)
         for theEmailAddr in theRow[2].split(','):
-            sendMail(theRow[1],theEmailAddr)
+            sendNotification(theRow[1],theEmailAddr)
         db.execute("update entries set isNotified=True where topic=?",[theRow[1]])
         db.commit()
     db.close()