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Send an e-mail message to the given addresses.

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  1. from smtplib import SMTP
  2. DEF_FROM = '[email protected]'
  3. DEF_SMTP_SERVER = 'localhost'
  4.  
  5. class SENDMAILError:
  6.  
  7. 	def __init__( self, error ):
  8. 		self.error = error
  9.  
  10. 	def __repr__( self ):
  11. 		return self.error
  12.  
  13. def sendmail( toaddrs, msg, subject=None, fromaddr=DEF_FROM, smtpServer=DEF_SMTP_SERVER ):
  14. 	"""Send an email to the given addresses"""
  15.  
  16. 	if smtpServer is None:
  17. 		smtpServer = 'localhost'
  18.  
  19. 	if type( toaddrs ) is StringType:
  20. 		toaddrs = toaddrs.split()
  21. 	elif not type( toaddrs ) is ListType:
  22. 		raise SENDMAILError( "toaddrs must be a string or a list" )
  23.  
  24. 	try:
  25. 		headers = ("From: %s\nTo: %s\n\n"
  26. 	       % ( fromaddr, ", ".join( toaddrs ) ) )
  27. 		if not subject is None:
  28. 			headers = "Subject: %s\n" % subject + headers
  29.  
  30. 		server = SMTP( smtpServer )
  31. 		server.sendmail( fromaddr, toaddrs, headers + msg )
  32. 		server.quit()
  33. 	except Exception, e:
  34. 		raise SENDMAILError( str( e ) )

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