sendMail.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Sun Feb 16 11:38:27 2020

@author: Adeela Islam
"""

import smtplib
import config


def send_email(subject, msg):
    try:
        server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')
        server.ehlo()
        server.starttls()
        server.login(config.EMAIL_ADDRESS, config.PASSWORD)
        message = 'Subject: {}\n\n{}'.format(subject, msg)
        server.sendmail(config.EMAIL_ADDRESS, config.EMAIL_ADDRESS, message)   #server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddrs, msg)
        server.quit()
        print("Success: Email sent!")
    except:
        print("Email failed to send.")


subject = "Test subject"
msg = "Hello there, how are you today?"

send_email(subject, msg)