1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/includes/email-simple.py b/Doc/includes/email-simple.py
index 07dc30f..29bd078 100644
--- a/Doc/includes/email-simple.py
+++ b/Doc/includes/email-simple.py
@@ -2,21 +2,23 @@
 import smtplib
 
 # Import the email modules we'll need
-from email.message import EmailMessage
+from email.mime.text import MIMEText
 
-# Open the plain text file whose name is in textfile for reading.
-with open(textfile) as fp:
-    # Create a text/plain message
-    msg = EmailMessage()
-    msg.set_content(fp.read())
+# Open a plain text file for reading.  For this example, assume that
+# the text file contains only ASCII characters.
+fp = open(textfile, 'rb')
+# Create a text/plain message
+msg = MIMEText(fp.read())
+fp.close()
 
 # me == the sender's email address
 # you == the recipient's email address
-msg['Subject'] = f'The contents of {textfile}'
+msg['Subject'] = 'The contents of %s' % textfile
 msg['From'] = me
 msg['To'] = you
 
-# Send the message via our own SMTP server.
+# Send the message via our own SMTP server, but don't include the
+# envelope header.
 s = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
-s.send_message(msg)
+s.sendmail(me, [you], msg.as_string())
 s.quit()