send_gmail_attachment.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import smtplib
from email.MIMEMultipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.MIMEBase import MIMEBase
from email.MIMEText import MIMEText
from email.Utils import COMMASPACE, formatdate
from email import Encoders
import os

USERNAME = "raspberrypiemail@gmail.com"
PASSWORD = "PASSWORD"

def sendMailWithAttachments(to, subject, text, files=[]):
    assert type(to)==list
    assert type(files)==list

    msg = MIMEMultipart()
    msg['From'] = USERNAME
    msg['To'] = COMMASPACE.join(to)
    msg['Date'] = formatdate(localtime=True)
    msg['Subject'] = subject
    
    msg.attach( MIMEText(text) )

    for file in files:
        part = MIMEBase('application', "octet-stream")
        part.set_payload( open(file,"rb").read() )
        Encoders.encode_base64(part)
        part.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="%s"'
                       % os.path.basename(file))
        msg.attach(part)

	server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')
	server.ehlo_or_helo_if_needed()
	server.starttls()
	server.ehlo_or_helo_if_needed()
	server.login(USERNAME,PASSWORD)
	server.sendmail(USERNAME, to, msg.as_string())
	server.quit()

if __name__=="__main__":
    sendMailWithAttachments( ["email@server.co.uk"],
        "Image from the Raspberry Pi",
        "Attached is the lastest picture from the webcam.",
        ["webcam.jpg"] )