# import smtplib for the actual sending function import smtplib # import the email modules we'll need from email.mime.text import mimetext # open a plain text file for reading. for this example, assume that # the text file contains only ascii characters. # create a text/plain message msg = mimetext("some content") me = you = 'somebody@somewhere.com' # me == the sender's email address # you == the recipient's email address msg['subject'] = 'the contents of somebody' msg['from'] = me msg['to'] = you # send the message via our own smtp server, but don't include the # envelope header. s = smtplib.smtp('localhost') s.sendmail(me, [you], msg.as_string()) s.quit()