try_sending_email.py

def try_sending_email():
  import os, smtplib, mimetypes
  from email.MIMEMultipart import MIMEMultipart
  from email.MIMEBase import MIMEBase
  from email.MIMEText import MIMEText
  from email.Encoders import encode_base64
  gmail_user = '[user]@gmail.com'
  gmail_password = '[password]'
  recipient = '[recipient]'
  msg = MIMEMultipart()
  msg['From'] = gmail_user
  msg['To'] = recipient
  msg['Subject'] = 'Hello!'
  msg.attach(MIMEText('Hello'))
  mail_server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
  mail_server.set_debuglevel(1)
  mail_server.ehlo()
  mail_server.starttls()
  mail_server.ehlo()
  mail_server.login(gmail_user, gmail_password)
  mail_server.sendmail(gmail_user, recipient, msg.as_string())
  mail_server.close()
  print('Sent email to %s' % recipient)