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This example prompts the user for addresses needed in the message
envelope (`To' and `From' addresses), and the message to be
delivered. Note that the headers to be included with the message must
be included in the message as entered; this example doesn't do any
processing of the
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return raw_input(prompt).strip()
fromaddr = prompt(
"From: ")
toaddrs = prompt(
"To: ").split()
print
"Enter message, end with ^D (Unix) or ^Z (Windows):"
# Add the From: and To: headers at the start!
msg = (
"From: %s\r\nTo: %s\r\n\r\n"
% (fromaddr,
", ".join(toaddrs)))
print
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server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddrs, msg)
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