Send an email with a gmail account using python 3

python_gmail_email_sender.py

import smtplib

TO = ['recipient_1@gmail.com', 'recipient_2@gmail.com']
#      ^^^ doesnt matter how many you put in
SUBJECT = 'EXAMPLE SUBJECT'
TEXT = 'example text to recipients'

gmail_user = "user@gmail.com"
gmail_password = "password"

server = smtplib.SMTP_SSL('smtp.gmail.com', 465) 
server.ehlo()                                   
server.login(gmail_user, gmail_password)

BODY = '\r\n'.join(['To: %s' % TO,
                    'From: %s' % gmail_user,
                    'Subject: %s' % SUBJECT,
                    '', TEXT])

try:
    server.sendmail(gmail_user, TO, BODY)
    print ('email sent')
except:
    print ('error sending mail')


server.quit()
#more up to date version of yzhong52
#has'nt been updated since 2014 so made this