email_notify.py

'''
Example:
python email_notify.py smtp-mail.outlook.com 587 ######## from@outlook.com to@outlook.com "Hello from Python" "Lunch is ready"
'''

import sys
import smtplib
from email.mime.text import MIMEText

_, host, port, password, fromaddr, toaddr, subject, content = sys.argv

msg = MIMEText(content)
msg['Subject'] = subject
msg['From'] = fromaddr
msg['To'] = toaddr

s = smtplib.SMTP(host, port)
s.set_debuglevel(1)
s.ehlo()
s.starttls()
s.ehlo()
s.login(fromaddr, password)
try:
    # Python 3
    s.send_message(msg)
except AttributeError:
    # Python 2
    s.sendmail(msg['From'], [msg['To']], msg.as_string())
s.quit()