from email.MIMEText import MIMEText from email import Utils message = """Hello, This is a test message! -- Anonymous""" msg = MIMEText(message) msg['To'] = 'recipient@example.com' msg['From'] = 'Test Sender <sender@example.com>' msg['Subject'] = 'Test Message' msg['Date'] = Utils.formatdate(localtime = 1) msg['Message-ID'] = Utils.make_msgid() print msg.as_string()