Send an email in python with a text attachment. You can change the attachment type by adjusting the part.startbody label in the attachment section (ie, 'image/jpg' or whatever)
import smtplib, sys, MimeWriter, StringIO, base64 import os def mail(serverURL=None, sender='', to='', subject='', text=''): """ Usage: mail('somemailserver.com', 'me@example.com', 'someone@example.com', 'test', 'This is a test') """ message = StringIO.StringIO() writer = MimeWriter.MimeWriter(message) writer.addheader('Subject', subject) writer.startmultipartbody('mixed') # start off with a text/plain part part = writer.nextpart() body = part.startbody('text/plain') body.write(text) # now add an attachment part = writer.nextpart() part.addheader('Content-Transfer-Encoding', 'base64') body = part.startbody('text/plain') base64.encode(open('myfile.txt', 'rb'), body) # finish off writer.lastpart() # send the mail smtp = smtplib.SMTP(serverURL) smtp.sendmail(sender, to, message.getvalue()) smtp.quit()