diff --git a/atomstrom.py b/atomstrom.py
index 63ddb45..cad04e6 100755
--- a/atomstrom.py
+++ b/atomstrom.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import hn
 import html2text
 import ConfigParser
 import smtplib
+from email.mime.text import MIMEText
 from optparse import OptionParser
 
 Base = declarative_base()
@@ -133,6 +134,14 @@ class Entry(Base):
 
 def send_mail(sender, receiver, subject, body):
     print 'sending to %s: %s' % (receiver.decode('latin-1'), subject.decode('latin-1'))
+    mail = MIMEText(body)
+    mail['From'] = sender
+    mail['To'] = receiver
+    mail['Subject'] = subject
+    mailserver = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
+    mailserver.sendmail(sender, [receiver], mail.as_string())
+    mailserver.quit()
+
 
 def get_entry_text(entry):
     if entry.readability: