This file is used to send an email, passing the message and subject as arguments

send_email.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# this file is used to send an email, passing the message and subject as arguments
# 
# to run the file: 
#   pyhon send-email.py "this is the subject" "this is the message"
#   
# * be sure to properly config your email and password at the login function
# * this file was configured mainly for Google emails, not tested on other providers
# * for Google emails, you have to enable access for less secure apps on your account
#   (see https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255)

# importing external libs
import sys
import smtplib
import datetime
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart

# checking if params were passed
if len(sys.argv) < 3:
  # terminating the script
  print '=============================================================='
  print '                    MISSING ARGUMENTS                         '
  print '=============================================================='
  sys.exit()

# creating the current date reference
date_now = datetime.datetime.now()
string_now = str(date_now.day) + '/' + str(date_now.month) + \
  ', ' + str(date_now.hour) + ':{:02d}'.format(date_now.minute)

# ==============================================================================
# Functions

# send_email ===================================================================
# sends an email
def send_email(subject, message_text, message_html):
  # Config your sender/receiver emails here ====================================
  # sender email
  sender_email = '[email protected]'
  # receiver email
  receivers_email = '[email protected]'

  # creating the message container - the correct MIME type is
  # multipart/alternative for HTML emails
  message_container = MIMEMultipart('alternative')
  message_container['Subject'] = subject
  message_container['From'] = sender_email
  message_container['To'] = receivers_email

  # recording the MIME types of both parts - text/plain and text/html
  part_1 = MIMEText(message_text, 'plain')
  part_2 = MIMEText(message_html, 'html')

  # attaching parts into message container
  message_container.attach(part_1)
  message_container.attach(part_2)

  # creating the SMTP reference for Google servers
  server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')

  # identifies, then encrypts and identifies again
  server.ehlo()
  server.starttls()
  server.ehlo()

  # Config your email login here ===============================================
  # logs into Google servers
  server.login('[email protected]', 'YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE')

  # sends mail
  server.sendmail(sender_email, receivers_email, message_container.as_string())

  # closes connection to the server
  server.quit()
  print '=============================================================='
  print '                       EMAIL WAS SENT                         '
  print '=============================================================='
# send_email ===================================================================

# End Functions
# ==============================================================================

# creating the email message and subject
subject = 'Subject: ' + sys.argv[1]

# message in text format
message_text = """Hello!
\n
\n Message sent at "%s":
\n
\n "%s"
\n
\n Your Python Script
""" % (string_now, sys.argv[2])

# message in html format
message_html = """<b>Hello!</b>
<br /><br />
Message sent at "%s":
<br /><br />
"%s"
<br /><br />
Your Python Script
""" % (string_now, sys.argv[2])

# sending the email
send_email(subject, message_text, message_html)