Thanks to the large standard library, Python is the right tool to write a portable script to send emails. The core functionality to encode an email is contained inside the “email” Python module. The conncetion to the smtp is managed by means of the “smtp” module.
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\r\nfrom smtplib import SMTP\r\nfrom smtplib import SMTP_SSL\r\n\r\nimport email\r\nimport email.mime.application\r\nimport email.mime.text\r\n<\/pre>\nWe are going to write a small class (called “smtpSender”) to take advantage of the Python object oriented programming style. The constructor of the class will be in charge of storing information about the smtp server whereas the “send” method will perform all the actions required to actually send emails. This splitting (constructor \/ send method) is useful when we want to send multiple email through the same smtp server.<\/p>\n
\r\nclass smtpSender:\r\n def __init__(self, server_addr=None, server_port=None, \\\r\n username=None, password=None, \\\r\n method='plain'):\r\n...\r\n\r\n def send(self, from_addr, to_addr, subject='', text='', \\\r\n attachments=[]):\r\n ...\r\n<\/pre>\nAn instance of this class can be created specifying the smtp server address, server port, username, password and encription method.<\/p>\n
\r\nif __name__ == "__main__":\r\n\r\n # ------------------------------\r\n # Common settings - Example for GMAIL\r\n\r\n server_addr = "smtp.gmail.com"\r\n server_port = 587\r\n username = "your_email_address@gmail.com"\r\n password = "your_password"\r\n method = 'TLS'\r\n\r\n # ------------------------------\r\n # Test settings\r\n\r\n from_addr = "sender@gmail.com"\r\n to_addr = ["receiver@blabla.com"]\r\n\r\n subj = "Test"\r\n message_txt = "Hello!"\r\n\r\n # ------------------------------\r\n # Send the message\r\n\r\n sender = smtpSender(server_addr, server_port, \\\r\n username, password, method)\r\n\r\n # Just text!\r\n sender.send(from_addr, to_addr, subj, message_txt)\r\n\r\n # With attachment!\r\n sender.send(from_addr, to_addr, subj, message_txt, \\\r\n ['attachment.txt'])\r\n<\/pre>\n