Send email from shell (Python)

send_email.py

from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE


def send_email(msg):
    """
    send an email
    :param msg: message to be sent in the email's body
    :return: None
    """
    content = MIMEText(msg, "plain/text")
    msg = MIMEMultipart("alternative")
    msg["From"] = "alfasin@gmail.com"
    msg["To"] = "alfasin@gmail.com"
    msg["Subject"] = "Test Email"
    msg.attach(content)

    p = Popen(["/usr/sbin/sendmail", "-t"], stdin=PIPE)
    p.communicate(msg.as_string())

This is a small utility that I use whenever I'm on a remote shell and can't copy data (no mouse etc).
It's easy to paste the content of this gist into vim, save with execute permissions and call it with the requested content.