build_unicode_email.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Foundations of Python Network Programming, Third Edition
# https://github.com/brandon-rhodes/fopnp/blob/m/py3/chapter12/build_unicode_email.py

import email.message, email.policy, sys

text = """\
Hwær cwom mearg? Hwær cwom mago?
Hwær cwom maþþumgyfa?
Hwær cwom symbla gesetu?
Hwær sindon seledreamas?"""

def main():
    message = email.message.EmailMessage(email.policy.SMTP)
    message['To'] = 'Böðvarr <recipient@example.com>'
    message['From'] = 'Eardstapa <sender@example.com>'
    message['Subject'] = 'Four lines from The Wanderer'
    message['Date'] = email.utils.formatdate(localtime=True)
    message.set_content(text, cte='quoted-printable')
    sys.stdout.buffer.write(message.as_bytes())

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()