Python – Send Email via Google GMail and Python Script

import smtplib
from email.mime.text import MIMEText as text

def test_sendmail():

    to_address ='"PersonA"<a.b@gmail.com>'
    body = "This is the email body!"
    subject="Hello World"
    sendmail(to_address, subject, body)


def sendmail(to_address, subject, body):

    from_address='"This Is Me"<a.b@gmail.com>'
    smtp_server = 'smtp.gmail.com'
    smtp_port= 587
    smtp_user="a.b@gmail.com"
    smtp_password="abcdefgh"

    #---------compose-------
    msg = text(body)
    msg['Subject'] = subject
    msg['From'] = from_address
    msg['To'] = to_address

    #---------send-------
    server = smtplib.SMTP(smtp_server, smtp_port)
    server.ehlo()
    server.starttls()
    server.login(smtp_user, smtp_password)
    server.sendmail(from_address, to_address, msg.as_string())
    server.quit()
    print "done"

def help():
    print """
    remember to turn on "Access for less secure apps" in GMail via Link beforehand
    https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps
    """

if __name__ == '__main__':
    help()
    test_sendmail()

References

1. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34953139/sending-from-gmail-with-smtplib