mail.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import smtplib
import sys
from email.MIMEMultipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.MIMEText import MIMEText

def sendemail(from_addr, to_addr_list, cc_addr_list,
              subject, message,
              login, password,
              smtpserver='smtp.gmail.com:587'):
    msg = MIMEMultipart()
    msg['From'] = from_addr
    msg['To'] =  to_addr_list
    msg['Subject'] = subject
    body=message
    msg.attach(MIMEText(body,'plain'))
    header  = 'From: %s' % from_addr
    header += 'To: %s' % ','.join(to_addr_list)
    header += 'Cc: %s' % ','.join(cc_addr_list)
    header += 'Subject: %s' % subject
    message = header + message
    server = smtplib.SMTP(smtpserver)
    server.starttls()
    server.login(login,password)
    text = msg.as_string()
    problems = server.sendmail(from_addr, to_addr_list, text)
    server.quit()

sendemail(from_addr    = 'GPI',
          to_addr_list = '<your email address>',
          cc_addr_list = '',
          subject      = '',
          message      = sys.argv[1],
          login        = '<your email login>',
          password     = '<your email password>')