how to send email in python?

[chris at onca.catsden.net]

On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Sam Wun wrote:

> hi,
>
> does anyone knows? I am using python 1.6.

import os

f = os.popen ( "/usr/sbin/sendmail", "w" )

f.write ( """\
From: your address
To: recipient address
Subject: spam

spam spam wonderful spam spam spam
""" )


If you dont have sendmail on your system, or some other MTA, then you can
use smtplib to send it directly to an off-site MTA. I can get you some
simple code for that, but the above is the preferred way.


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