| #! /usr/bin/python | 
 |  | 
 | import smtplib | 
 |  | 
 | from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart | 
 | from email.mime.text import MIMEText | 
 |  | 
 | # me == my email address | 
 | # you == recipient's email address | 
 | me = "my@email.com" | 
 | you = "your@email.com" | 
 |  | 
 | # Create message container - the correct MIME type is multipart/alternative. | 
 | msg = MIMEMultipart('alternative') | 
 | msg['Subject'] = "Link" | 
 | msg['From'] = me | 
 | msg['To'] = you | 
 |  | 
 | # Create the body of the message (a plain-text and an HTML version). | 
 | text = "Hi!\nHow are you?\nHere is the link you wanted:\nhttp://www.python.org" | 
 | html = """\ | 
 | <html> | 
 |   <head></head> | 
 |   <body> | 
 |     <p>Hi!<br> | 
 |        How are you?<br> | 
 |        Here is the <a href="http://www.python.org">link</a> you wanted. | 
 |     </p> | 
 |   </body> | 
 | </html> | 
 | """ | 
 |  | 
 | # Record the MIME types of both parts - text/plain and text/html. | 
 | part1 = MIMEText(text, 'plain') | 
 | part2 = MIMEText(html, 'html') | 
 |  | 
 | # Attach parts into message container. | 
 | # According to RFC 2046, the last part of a multipart message, in this case | 
 | # the HTML message, is best and preferred. | 
 | msg.attach(part1) | 
 | msg.attach(part2) | 
 |  | 
 | # Send the message via local SMTP server. | 
 | s = smtplib.SMTP('localhost') | 
 | # sendmail function takes 3 arguments: sender's address, recipient's address | 
 | # and message to send - here it is sent as one string. | 
 | s.sendmail(me, you, msg.as_string()) | 
 | s.quit() |