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sendmail_from_python.py
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
msg = MIMEText("You don't have to have password access to someone's email account to send email as them.")
msg["From"] = "FirstName LastName <[email protected]>"
msg["To"] = "FirstName LastName <[email protected]>, FirstName LastName <[email protected]>"
msg["Subject"] = "This is the subject."
p = Popen(["/usr/sbin/sendmail", "-t"], stdin=PIPE)
p.communicate(msg.as_string())
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Sure, you don't, but it's a good idea to educate people on why not to: Do it too much, and your server is flagged for spammy behavior.

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