>>> import smtplib
>>> import time
>>> absender = 'roof3@gmx.de'
>>> adressat = 'manuelruf@gmx.de'
>>> betreff = 'Teeest'
>>> inhalt = 'Test1'
>>> zeit = time.ctime(time.time())
>>> text = 'From: '+absender+'\n'
>>> text += 'To: '+adressat+'\n'
>>> text += 'Date: '+zeit+'\n'
>>> text += 'Subject: '+betreff+'\n'
>>> text = text + inhalt
>>> print text
From: roof3@gmx.de
To: manuelruf@gmx.de
Date: Tue Oct 25 19:36:57 2011
Subject: Teeest
Test1
>>> server = smtplib.SMTP('mail.gmx.net')

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#13>", line 1, in <module>
    server = smtplib.SMTP('mail.gmx.net')
  File "C:\Python25\lib\smtplib.py", line 244, in __init__
    (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
  File "C:\Python25\lib\smtplib.py", line 310, in connect
    raise socket.error, msg
error: (10060, 'Operation timed out')