import smtplib

def send_email(recipient, subject, body):
    gmail_user = 'rafal.sikora.pl@gmail.com'
    gmail_password = 'haslo'

    FROM = gmail_user
    TO = recipient if isinstance(recipient, list) else [recipient]
    SUBJECT = subject
    TEXT = body

    # Prepare actual message
    message = """From: %s\nTo: %s\nSubject: %s\n\n%s
    """ % (FROM, ", ".join(TO), SUBJECT, TEXT)
    # SMTP_SSL Example
    server_ssl = smtplib.SMTP_SSL("smtp.gmail.com", 465)
    server_ssl.ehlo() # optional, called by login()
    server_ssl.login(gmail_user, gmail_password)
    server_ssl.sendmail(FROM, TO, message)
    #server_ssl.quit()
    server_ssl.close()
    print ('successfully sent the mail')
    print ("failed to send mail")