send messages using multiprocessing lib in python

sendmsg.py

import sys
from multiprocessing.connection import Client

if len(sys.argv) == 1:
    print "Usage:"
    print "  sendmsg.py <host> <port> <message>"
    print "  sendmsg.py <message> (default port:5000, host:localhost)"

args = sys.argv[1:]

if len(args) >= 3:
    host = args[0]
    port = int(args[1])
    mesg = args[2]
else:
    host = 'localhost'
    port = 5000
    mesg = args[0]

address = (host, port)

conn = Client(address)

conn.send_bytes(mesg)