# Import smtplib for the actual sending function

import smtplib

# Import the email modules we'll need

from email.mime.text import MIMEText

# Open a plain text file for reading.  For this example, assume that

# the text file contains only ASCII characters.

fp = open(textfile, 'rb')

# Create a text/plain message

msg = MIMEText(fp.read())

fp.close()

# me == the sender's email address

# you == the recipient's email address

msg['Subject'] = 'The contents of %s' % textfile

msg['From'] = me

msg['To'] = you

# Send the message via our own SMTP server, but don't include the

# envelope header.

s = smtplib.SMTP()

s.connect()

s.sendmail(me, [you], msg.as_string())

s.close()