diff --git a/atomstrom.py b/atomstrom.py
index d9037d7..1a240fb 100755
--- a/atomstrom.py
+++ b/atomstrom.py
@@ -26,18 +26,13 @@ import smtplib
 
 def send_mail(sender, receiver, subject, body):
     print 'sending to %s: %s' % (receiver[0], subject)
-    Charset.add_charset('utf-8', Charset.QP, Charset.QP, 'utf-8')
-    mail = MIMEMultipart('alternative')
-    mail['Subject'] = "%s" % Header(subject, 'utf-8')
-    mail['From'] = "\"%s\" <%s>" % (Header(sender[0], 'utf-8'), sender[1])
-    mail['To'] = "\"%s\" <%s>" % (Header(receiver[0], 'utf-8'), receiver[1])
-    textpart = MIMEText(body, 'plain', 'utf-8')
-    mail.attach(textpart)
-    str_io = StringIO()
-    gen = Generator(str_io, False)
-    gen.flatten(mail)
-    s = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
-    s.sendmail("", receiver[1], str_io.getvalue())
+    message  = 'From: "%s" <%s>\n' % (sender[0], sender[1])
+    message += 'To: "%s" <%s>\n' % (receiver[0], receiver[1])
+    message += 'Subject: %s\n\n' % subject
+    message += body.encode('utf-8')
+    server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
+    server.sendmail(sender[1], [receiver[1]], message)
+    server.close()
 
 def truncate_text(content, length=100, suffix='...'):
     content = " ".join(content.split())