Not sure where I got this from, but it does its job. Sends a simple smtp email message in python.
import smtplib def mail(serverURL=None, sender='', to='', subject='', text=''): """ Usage: mail('somemailserver.com', 'me@example.com', 'someone@example.com', 'test', 'This is a test') """ headers = "From: %s\r\nTo: %s\r\nSubject: %s\r\n\r\n" % (sender, to, subject) message = headers + text mailServer = smtplib.SMTP(serverURL) mailServer.sendmail(sender, to, message) mailServer.quit()