Send email from a gmail address

gmailer.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import smtplib

class GMail(object):
    hostname = 'smtp.gmail.com'
    port = 587

    def __init__(self, username=None, password=None):
        self.server = smtplib.SMTP(self.hostname, self.port)
        self.server.ehlo()
        if username and password:
            self.login(username, password)
    
    def login(self, username, password):
        self.username = username
        self.password = password
        self.server.starttls()
        self.server.login(username, password)

    def send_email(self, recipient=None, subject='', body='', 
                   content_type='text/plain'):
        #recipient = recipient or self.username
        to = recipient or self.username
        headers = ['From: %s' % self.username,
                   'To: %s' % to,
                   'MIME-Version: 1.0',
                   'Content-type: %s' % content_type,
                   'Subject: %s' % subject]
        message = '\r\n'.join(headers).encode('utf-8') + '\r\n' + body
        self.server.sendmail(self.username, to, message)

    def logout(self):
        self.server.quit()