Connect to SMTP Server in Python | Send Emails via SMTP

readme.md

Read the complete article on how to create connection to SMTP server and send emails in Python: https://blog.aspose.com/2022/04/25/connect-to-smtp-server-in-python/

connect-smtp-server.py

from aspose.email import SmtpClient, SecurityOptions

# Create SMTP client
client = SmtpClient()

# Set properties
client.host = "smtp.gmail.com"
client.port = 587
client.username = "username"
client.password = "password"

# Set security options
client.security_options = SecurityOptions.SSLEXPLICIT

send-email-via-smtp.py

import aspose.email as ae

# Create email
eml = ae.MailMessage()
eml.subject = "Message with Plain Text Body"
eml.body = "This is plain text body."
eml.from_address = "from@gmail.com"
eml.to.append(ae.MailAddress("to@gmail.com", "Recipient 1"))

# Configure SMTP Client
client = ae.SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 995, "username", "password")
client.security_options = ae.SecurityOptions.AUTO

# Send email
client.send(eml)