--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/testsmtp.py	Tue Mar 18 21:00:41 2008 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import sys
+import smtplib
+
+body = "Hello there!!!"
+fromaddr = "somebody@somewhere.com"
+subject = "Hai2u"
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len( sys.argv ) != 2:
+        print "Please specify the recipient as a parameter."
+        sys.exit( -1 )
+    toaddr = sys.argv[1]
+    msg = ("From: %s\r\nTo: %s\r\nSubject: %s\r\n\r\n%s" % 
+           (fromaddr, toaddr, subject, body))
+
+    server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
+    server.set_debuglevel( 1 )
+    server.sendmail( fromaddr, [toaddr], msg )
+    server.quit()