smtplib starttls gmail example

[py]

from smtplib import SMTP
from socket import sslerror #if desired
server = SMTP('smtp.gmail.com')
server.set_debuglevel(0) # or 1 for verbosity
server.ehlo('(e-mail address removed)')
server.starttls()
server.ehlo('(e-mail address removed)') # say hello again
server.login('(e-mail address removed)', 'yourpassword')
# i have a suspicion that smptlib does not add the required newline dot newline so i do it myself
server.sendmail('(e-mail address removed)', '(e-mail address removed)', message_text + '\n.\n')
# next line generates the ignorable socket.sslerror
server.quit()