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# Import smtplib for the actual sending function
import smtplib

# Import the email modules we'll need
from email.mime.text import MIMEText

me = "alex@stdin.fr"
you = "alexandre@alexandreleray.com"

# Open a plain text file for reading.  For this example, assume that
# the text file contains only ASCII characters.
# Create a text/plain message
msg = MIMEText("hello world")

# me == the sender's email address
# you == the recipient's email address
msg['Subject'] = 'The contents of'
msg['From'] = me
msg['To'] = you

# Send the message via our own SMTP server, but don't include the
# envelope header.
s = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
s.sendmail(me, [you], msg.as_string())
s.quit()