1 # Import smtplib for the actual sending function

     2 import smtplib

     3 

     4 # Import the email modules we'll need

     5 from email.mime.text import MIMEText

     6 

     7 # Open a plain text file for reading.  For this example, assume that

     8 # the text file contains only ASCII characters.

     9 fp = open(textfile, 'rb')

    10 # Create a text/plain message

    11 msg = MIMEText(fp.read())

    12 fp.close()

    13 

    14 # me == the sender's email address

    15 # you == the recipient's email address

    16 msg['Subject'] = 'The contents of %s' % textfile

    17 msg['From'] = me

    18 msg['To'] = you

    19 

    20 # Send the message via our own SMTP server, but don't include the

    21 # envelope header.

    22 s = smtplib.SMTP()

    23 s.connect()

    24 s.sendmail(me, [you], msg.as_string())

    25 s.close()