Use Amazon SES for sending email

ses_email.py

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+import boto
+from email.mime.application import MIMEApplication
+from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
+from email.mime.text import MIMEText
+
+def send_ses(fromaddr,
+             subject,
+             body,
+             recipient,
+             attachment=None,
+             filename=''):
+    """Send an email via the Amazon SES service.
+
+    Example:
+      send_ses('me@example.com, 'greetings', "Hi!", 'you@example.com)
+
+    Return:
+      If 'ErrorResponse' appears in the return message from SES,
+      return the message, otherwise return an empty '' string.
+    """
+    msg = MIMEMultipart()
+    msg['Subject'] = subject
+    msg['From'] = fromaddr
+    msg['To'] = recipient
+    msg.attach(MIMEText(body))
+
+    if attachment:
+        part = MIMEApplication(attachment)
+        part.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment', filename=filename)
+        msg.attach(part)
+    conn = boto.connect_ses()
+    result = conn.send_raw_email(msg.as_string())
+    return result if 'ErrorResponse' in result else ''
+