Simple example of how to send email in Python through authenticated SMTP

send_email.py

fromaddr = 'me@example.com'
toaddr = 'you@example.org'
servername = 'smtp.example.com'
username = 'username'
password = 'password'

import smtplib
import time
server = smtplib.SMTP(servername, 25)
server.set_debuglevel(1)
server.login(username, password)
msg='''From: %(from)s\nTo: %(to)s\nSubject: This is a test sent at %(date)s\nThis is a test sent at %(date)s
''' % {'from' : fromaddr, 'to': toaddr, 'date': time.strftime('%x %X')}

server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddr, msg)
server.quit()