def send(self,log_type,log): print "MAILER: Emergency!! Calling home!" addresses = ['me@work'] #this is really a valid address email_from = 'ldl_backup_process-NOREPLY@foo.com' for email in addresses: msg = """From LDL To: %s From: %s Subject: %s Content-type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\" Content-Disposition: inline Reply-To: me@home #this is really a valid address """ % (email, email_from,log_type) msg + "\n\n%s" % log server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost.localdomain') server.sendmail(email, email_from, msg) server.quit()