mail-client help request from /u/dingus45191 post: https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/kkjfhy/got_into_a_hell_lot_of_errors_while_making_a_mail/

config.toml.example

[CREDENTIALS]

EMAIL = "my.email@gmail.com"
PASSWORD = "MySuperSecretPassword"

[SERVER]

SMTP = "smtp.gmail.com"
PORT = 587

main.py

import smtplib
from email import encoders
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.mime.base import MIMEBase
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from vyper import v

v.set_config_name('config')
v.add_config_path('.')
v.read_in_config()


def send_email(recipient, subject):
    credentials = v.get('CREDENTIALS')
    server = v.get('SERVER')
    if not credentials['EMAIL'] and not credentials['PASSWORD']:
        print("Missing credentials in config file.")
        quit()

    server = smtplib.SMTP(server['SMTP'], server['PORT'])
    server.starttls()
    server.ehlo()
    server.login(credentials['EMAIL'], credentials['PASSWORD'])

    msg = MIMEMultipart()
    msg["From"] = credentials['EMAIL']
    msg["To"] = recipient
    msg["Subject"] = subject

    with open("message.txt", "r") as f:
        message = f.read()

    msg.attach(MIMEText(message))

    filename = "photo.jpg"

    attachment = open(filename, "rb")

    p = MIMEBase("application", "octet-stream")
    p.set_payload(attachment.read())

    encoders.encode_base64(p)

    p.add_header("Content-Deposition", 'filename')
    text = msg.as_string()

    server.sendmail(credentials['EMAIL'], recipient, text)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Change `config.toml.example` to `config.toml` then enter data.
    # call send_email() and enter recipient's email and subject as args.
    send_email("mubashirhasan2005@outlook.com", "The Subject")

message.txt

Well I'm making my own gmail client


Regards,
Mohammed Mubashir Hasan