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send-via-gmail.py
import smtplib
to = 'xxxxxx@xxxxxx.com'
gmail_user = 'xxxxxx@gmail.com'
gmail_pwd = 'xxxxxx'
subject = 'xxxxxx'
message = '''
xxxxxx
'''
smtpserver = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.gmail.com",587)
smtpserver.ehlo()
smtpserver.starttls()
smtpserver.ehlo
smtpserver.login(gmail_user, gmail_pwd)
header = 'To:' + to + '\n' + 'From: ' + gmail_user + '\n' + 'Subject:' + subject + ' \n'
print header
msg = header + '\n ' + message + ' \n\n'
smtpserver.sendmail(gmail_user, to, msg)
print 'done!'
smtpserver.close()
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