emailer.py

# send email, from e.g. cron-jobs and similar
import smtplib
from email.mime.text import MIMEText

def send_email(me, you, smtp_server, subject, text):
        msg = MIMEText(text)
        msg['Subject'] = subject 
        msg['From'] = me
        msg['To'] = you
        s = smtplib.SMTP(smtp_server)
        s.sendmail(me, [you], msg.as_string())
        s.quit()

if __name__ == "__main__":
        text = "The message."
        you = "you@work.com"
        me = "me@home.com"
        smtp_server = "my.smtp.server.com"
        subject =" the subject "
        send_email(me, you, smtp_server, subject, text)