emailer.py

# Import smtplib for the actual sending function
import smtplib
# Here are the email package modules we'll need
from email.mime.image import MIMEImage
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
COMMASPACE = ', '
def sendfile(file, toaddr='[email protected]'):
  try:
    # Create the container (outer) email message.
    msg = MIMEMultipart()
    msg['Subject'] = '';
    # me == the sender's email address
    # family = the list of all recipients' email addresses
    fromaddr = '[email protected]'

    msg['From'] = fromaddr
    msg['To'] = toaddr

    # body = MIMEText('<p>'+file.split('/')[-2:]+'<img src="cid:'+file.split('/'                                                                                                                                                             )[-1]+'" /></p>', _subtype='html')
    # msg.attach(body)
    # msg.preamble = file
    msg['Subject'] = file
    # Open the files in binary mode.  Let the MIMEImage class automatically gues                                                                                                                                                             s the specific
    # image type.
    with open(file, 'rb') as fp:
      img = MIMEImage(fp.read(), file.split('.')[-1])
      img.add_header('Content-Type', 'image/jpeg; name="' + file.split('/')[-1]                                                                                                                                                              + '"')
      img.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="'+file.split(                                                                                                                                                             '/')[-1]+'"')
      msg.attach(img)

      # The below code never changes, though obviously those variables need valu                                                                                                                                                             es.
      session = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
      session.ehlo()
      session.starttls()
      session.login('username', 'password')
      session.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddr, msg.as_string())
      session.quit()
  except:
    print "email failed"

if __name__ == '__main__':
 sendfile('image.jpg')