SendEmail

from datetime import datetime
import mandrill

def send_email(to_email, to_name, subject, message_text, from_email = '[email protected]', from_name='RPS Exemplar'):
    #additional message parameters https://mandrillapp.com/api/docs/messages.JSON.html

    api_key = _MANDRILL_APP_KEY_

    try:
        mandrill_client = mandrill.Mandrill(api_key)
        message = {
             'auto_text': True,
             'from_email': from_email,
             'from_name': from_name,
             'headers': {
                 'Reply-To': from_email
             },
             'important': False,
             'subject': subject,
             'text': message_text,
             'to': [{'email': to_email,
                     'name': to_name,
                     'type': 'to'}],
             }
        result = mandrill_client.messages.send(message=message, async=False, ip_pool='Main Pool')

    except mandrill.Error, e:
        # Mandrill errors are thrown as exceptions
        print 'A mandrill error occurred: %s - %s' % (e.__class__, e)
        # A mandrill error occurred: <class 'mandrill.UnknownSubaccountError'> - No subaccount exists with the id 'customer-123'
        raise

    print result