A simple mail checker script.

smtp-mail-check.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
    Copyright 2014 CRX Markets S.A.

    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    limitations under the License.
"""
import smtplib
from email.mime.text import MIMEText


__author__ = "Denys Sobchyshak"
__email__ = "denys.sobchyshak@gmail.com"


def test_email(host, port, username, password, recipients, is_tls_enabled=True):
    msg = MIMEText("This message was automatically generated and is used for testing purposes.")
    msg['Subject'] = "[misc] IGNORE THIS EMAIL / IGNORIEREN DIESES EMAIL"
    msg['From'] = username
    msg['To'] = ", ".join(recipients)
    s = smtplib.SMTP(host, port)
    if is_tls_enabled:
        s.starttls()
    s.login(username, password)
    s.sendmail(username, recipients, msg.as_string())
    s.quit()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    test_email("smtp.office365.com", 587, "username", "password",
               ["yourmailhere@gmail.com", "and@here.com", ])