send emails via Gmail

gmail.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# encoding: utf-8

__links__ = r'https://gist.github.com/916362'

import smtplib
from datetime import datetime
import email.utils
from email.mime.text import MIMEText

def send_email(username, password, from_email, to_email, subject, message):
	"""
	Sends an email message via Gmail
	"""

	server=smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')	# Initialize SMTP server
	server.starttls()
	server.login(username, password)

	msg = MIMEText(message)
	msg['To'] = email.utils.formataddr((to_email.split('@')[0], to_email))
	msg['From'] = email.utils.formataddr((from_email.split('@')[0], from_email))
	msg['Subject'] = subject

	server.sendmail(from_email, to_email, msg.as_string())
	server.quit()