diff --git a/restic_volume_backup/mail.py b/restic_volume_backup/mail.py
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+"""
+"""
+import smtplib
+from email.mime.text import MIMEText
+
+EMAIL_HOST = "smtp.gmail.com"
+EMAIL_PORT = 465
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = ""
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = ""
+EMAIL_SEND_TO = ['']
+
+
+def main():
+    send_mail("Hello world!")
+
+
+def send_mail(text):
+    msg = MIMEText(text)
+    msg['Subject'] = "Message from restic-volume-backup"
+    msg['From'] = EMAIL_HOST_USER
+    msg['To'] = ', '.join(EMAIL_SEND_TO)
+
+    try:
+        print("Connecting to {} port {}".format(EMAIL_HOST, EMAIL_PORT))
+        server = smtplib.SMTP_SSL(EMAIL_HOST, EMAIL_PORT)
+        server.ehlo()
+        server.login(EMAIL_HOST_USER, EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD)
+        server.sendmail(EMAIL_HOST_USER, EMAIL_SEND_TO, msg.as_string())
+        print('Email Sent')
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+    finally:
+        server.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()