Send from Gmail

sendFromGmail.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# suggested gmail code for StackOverflow question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26772416/how-to-write-a-program-to-check-website-for-a-string

import smtplib
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.mime.application import MIMEApplication
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart

def sendEmail(fileName, emailTo):

        msg = MIMEMultipart()

        emailFrom = "[email protected]"
        username = emailFrom
        password = "passw0rd"
        smtpServer = 'smtp.gmail.com'

        msg['Subject'] = '[insert your subject here]'
        msg['From'] = emailFrom
        msg['To'] = emailTo

        msg.attach(MIMEText("""Dear [person].\n\nHere is the file you've been waiting for.\n\nRegards,\n\nAnon"""))

        attachm = MIMEApplication(open(fileName,"rb").read())
        attachm.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment', filename = fileName)
        msg.attach(attachm)

        server = smtplib.SMTP(smtpServer, 587)
        server.set_debuglevel(1)
        server.ehlo()
        server.starttls()
        server.ehlo()
        server.login(username, password)
        server.sendmail(emailFrom, [emailTo], msg.as_string())
        server.close()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    sendEmail('some_attachment.txt', '[email protected]')