simple mail function

mail.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from smtplib import SMTP
from email.utils import formatdate
import socket	# catch socket.error

def send_mail(recipent, sender, subject, body, server_addr='127.0.0.1', server_port=25):
	"""
	Send a simple email
	
	:param recipent: recipent email address ``'[email protected]'`` with optional display name ``'Foo Bar <[email protected]>'``
	:param sender: sender email address ``'[email protected]'`` with optional display name ``'Foo Bar <[email protected]>'``
	:param subject: mail subject
	:param body: mail body / message
	:param server_addr: mail server address, default: ``127.0.0.1``
	:param server_port: mail server port, default: ``25``
	
	:type recipent: str
	:type sender: str
	:type subject: str
	:type body: str
	:type server_addr: str
	:type server_port: int
	
	:return: success
	:rtype: bool
	"""
	
	header  = "From: <%s>\n" % (sender)
	header += "To: <%s>\n" % (recipent)
	header += "Subject: %s\n" % (subject)
	header += "Date: %s\n" % (formatdate())
	header += "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
	
	message = header + '\n' + body
	
	# SMTP
	try:
		smtp = SMTP(server_addr, server_port)
		smtp.sendmail(sender, recipent, message.encode('utf-8'))
		success = True
	except socket.error:
		success = False
	
	return success


if __name__ == "__main__":
	print(send_mail('[email protected]', '[email protected]', 'My subject', 'Hello from python!'))