Sending Email Using Python Script (Gmail )

 

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In this post I will be sharing a simple python script to send email using Python SMTP module.
I am taking Gmail example.

Prerequisite

• Python 2 / Python 3
• Enable Less Secure App Login (Gmail)- https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps

Python Code

import smtplib
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart


def mail_using_gmail():
    from_email = '-------@gmail.com'
    to_email = "-------@gmail.com"

    # Create message container - the correct MIME type is multipart/alternative.
    msg = MIMEMultipart('alternative')
    msg['Subject'] = "Testing Email Using Python"
    msg['From'] = from_email
    msg['To'] = to_email

    # Create the body of the message (a plain-text and an HTML version).
    text = "This is a test email."
    part1 = MIMEText(text, 'plain')
    msg.attach(part1)

    # SMTP client session
    mail = smtplib.SMTP_SSL('smtp.googlemail.com', 465)
    # Login using email and password
    mail.login(from_email, 'password of from_email')
    # Sending mail
    mail.sendmail(from_email, to_email, msg.as_string())
    # Terminate SMTP session
    mail.quit()
    return "Success"


print(mail_using_gmail())

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