from email.MIMEText import MIMEText
from email import Utils
import smtplib

message = """Hello,
This is a test message.

    -- Tim"""

msg = MIMEText( message )

msg['To']       = 'you@home'
msg['From']     = 'me@school'
msg['Subject']  = 'Testing Python e-mail'
msg['Date']     = Utils.formatdate(localtime = 1)
msg['Message-ID' ] = Utils.make_msgid()

server = 'localhost:8025'
s = smtplib.SMTP( server )
s.sendmail(msg['From'], [msg['To']], msg.as_string())
s.close()