Python SMTP Mailer using Amazon SES (smtplib)

python_mailer_smtplib.py

import sys
import smtplib
from email.MIMEMultipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.MIMEText import MIMEText

name = "Ruan"
from_address = "[email protected]"
to_address = "[email protected]"
subject = "Test"

msg = MIMEMultipart()
msg['From'] = from_address
msg['To'] = to_address
msg['Subject'] = "Notification: {}".format(subject)

body = """

Hello, {0}.

This is a plain email.

Kind Regards,
Me

""".format(name)

msg.attach(MIMEText(body, 'plain'))

server = smtplib.SMTP('email-smtp.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com', 587)
server.starttls()
server.login("USER", "PASS")
text = msg.as_string()
server.sendmail(from_address, to_address, text)
server.quit()