sending email with python

sendmail.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import smtplib
import sys, getopt
import pdb

def main(argv):
    helpMsg = """sendmail.py -c <smtp_srv> -o <smtp_port> -u <smtp_user> -p <smtp_passwd>
        -s <mail_sender> -r <mail_recepients> -m <mail_msg>
"""
    smtp_srv = ''
    smtp_port = 0
    smtp_user = ''
    smtp_passwd = ''
    mail_sender = smtp_user
    mail_recepients = []
    mail_msg = ''
    try:
        opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv,"hc:o:u:p:s:r:m:",["prefix="])
    except getopt.GetoptError:
        print helpMsg
        sys.exit(2)
    for opt, arg in opts:
        if opt == '-h':
            print "test" #helpMsg
            sys.exit()
        elif opt in ("-c", "--srv"):
            smtp_srv = arg
        elif opt in ("-o", "--port"):
            smtp_port = arg
        elif opt in ("-u", "--user"):
            smtp_user = arg
        elif opt in ("-p", "--passwd"):
            smtp_passwd = arg
        elif opt in ("-s", "--sender"):
            mail_sender = arg
        elif opt in ("-r", "--recepients"):
            mail_recepients = arg
        elif opt in ("-m", "--msg"):
            mail_msg = arg
   
    if smtp_srv == '' or smtp_port == '' or smtp_user == '' or \
             smtp_passwd == '' or mail_recepients == '' or mail_msg == '':
        print helpMsg
        sys.exit()

    if mail_sender == '':
        mail_sender = smtp_user

    if mail_recepients[0] == '[' and mail_recepients[-1] == ']':
        mail_recepients = map(lambda x: x.strip(), mail_recepients[1:-1].split(','))
    try:
        session = smtplib.SMTP(smtp_srv, smtp_port)
        session.ehlo()
        session.starttls()
        session.ehlo
        session.login(smtp_user, smtp_passwd)

        session.sendmail(mail_sender, mail_recepients, mail_msg)         
        print "Successfully sent email"
    except smtplib.SMTPException:
        #pdb.set_trace()
        print "Error: unable to send email"

if __name__ == "__main__":
   main(sys.argv[1:])