No problem. I think the following should work, but let me know if not.
VC command group (some more instructions in the commands):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<!--VoxCommando 2.1.5.0-->
<commandGroup open="True" name="Python gmail smtp solution" enabled="True" prefix="" priority="0" requiredProcess="" description="">
<command id="597" name="Use this action instead of SMTP.Send" enabled="true" alwaysOn="False" confirm="False" requiredConfidence="0" loop="False" loopDelay="0" loopMax="0" description="If you're passing variables from previous actions, be sure to keep them in the quotes. 
e.g. sendHTMLmsg ('{Match.1.1}','{Match.1.2}','{LastResult}') or whatever it may be.">
<action>
<cmdType>PY.ExecString</cmdType>
<params>
<param>sendHTMLmsg('your email subject line', 'URL for your newssite goes here', 'text you want to see in email instead of URL')</param>
</params>
<cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
</action>
</command>
<command id="598" name="load the script" enabled="true" alwaysOn="False" confirm="False" requiredConfidence="0" loop="False" loopDelay="0" loopMax="0" description="Put gmail_SMTP.py file in your VoxCommando\PY folder. This command will load the script when VC loads.">
<action>
<cmdType>PY.ExecFile</cmdType>
<params>
<param>PY\gmail_SMTP.py</param>
</params>
<cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
</action>
<event>VC.Loaded</event>
</command>
</commandGroup>
Python file is attached and should go in your VoxCommando\PY folder in order to work properly with the VC.Loaded command I included above. I'm including it here as well in a code box, though, for whoever wants the reference.
You should open the script in the Python plugin's editor so that you can enter your username,pwd,me,you info.
##Adapted from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/882712/sending-html-email-using-python##
import smtplib
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
username = "enter your gmail username"
pwd = "enter your gmail password"
me = "enter a sender email address"
you = "enter a recipient email address"
def sendHTMLmsg(subject, URL, link_text):
# Create message container - the correct MIME type is multipart/alternative.
msg = MIMEMultipart('alternative')
msg['Subject'] = subject
msg['From'] = me
msg['To'] = you
# Body of HTML message (your article link)
body = "<html><body><a href="+URL+">"+link_text+"</a></body></html>"
# Set MIME type of body string to text/html.
html = MIMEText(body, 'html')
# Attach to message container.
msg.attach(html)
# Send the message via local SMTP server.
mail = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
mail.starttls()
mail.login(username, pwd)
mail.sendmail(me, you, msg.as_string())
mail.quit()
