# Prepare actual message
    message = """From: %s\nTo: %s\nSubject: %s\n\n%s
    """ % (FROM, ", ".join(TO), SUBJECT, TEXT)
    try:
        server = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.gmail.com", 587) #start smtp server on port 587
        server.ehlo()
        server.starttls()
        server.login(gmail_user, gmail_pwd) #login to gmail server
        server.sendmail(FROM, TO, message) #actually perform sending of mail
        server.close() #end server
        print 'successfully sent the mail' #alert user mail was sent
    except Exception, e: #else tell user it failed and why (exception e)
        print "failed to send mail, " +str(e)