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Python snippet for sending email using unix sendmail
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sendmail.py
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
html = MIMEText("<html><head><title>Test Email</title></head><body>Some HTML</body>", "html")
msg = MIMEMultipart("alternative")
msg["From"] = "you@yourmail.com"
msg["To"] = "recipient@mail.com"
msg["Subject"] = "Python sendmail test"
msg.attach(html)
p = Popen(["/usr/sbin/sendmail", "-t"], stdin=PIPE)
p.communicate(msg.as_string())
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davres1 commented May 31, 2018

sendmail: fatal: oracle(501): No recipient addresses found in message header

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pydemo commented Jun 6, 2019

in Python 3 change last line to:
p.communicate(msg.as_string().encode())

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