MailHost: Sends mail through an SMTP server.

MailHosts allow you to send mail via the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).

This object can be used deliver mail by the tag or via the send() and simple_send() methods.

send(messageText, mto=None, mfrom=None, subject=None, encode=None)

Sends an email message where the messageText is an rfc822 formatted message. This allows you complete control over the message headers, including setting any extra headers such as Cc: and Reply-To:. The arguments are:

messageText

The mail message. It can either be a rfc822 formed text with header fields, or just a body without any header fields. The other arguments given will override the header fields in the message, if they exist.

mto

A commaseparated string or list of recipient(s) of the message.

mfrom

The address of the message sender.

subject

The subject of the message.

encode

The rfc822 defined encoding of the message. The default of None means no encoding is done. Valid values are base64, quoted-printable and uuencode.

simple_send(self, mto, mfrom, subject, body)

Sends a message. Only To:, From: and Subject: headers can be set. Note that simple_send does not process or validate its arguments in any way. The arguments are:

mto

A commaseparated string of recipient(s) of the message.

mfrom

The address of the message sender.

subject

The subject of the message.

body

The body of the message.