Python script to send email by zoho.com's mail service

zoho_send_email.py

# Code from best solution in page below:
# https://help.zoho.com/portal/community/topic/zoho-mail-servers-reject-python-smtp-module-communications

import smtplib
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.header import Header
from email.utils import formataddr

# Define to/from
sender = 'sender@example.com'
sender_title = "Allan Smith"
recipient = 'recipient@example.com'

# Create message
msg = MIMEText("Message text", 'plain', 'utf-8')
msg['Subject'] =  Header("Sent from python", 'utf-8')
msg['From'] = formataddr((str(Header(sender_title, 'utf-8')), sender))
msg['To'] = recipient

# Create server object with SSL option
# Change below smtp.zoho.com, corresponds to your location in the world. 
# For instance smtp.zoho.eu if you are in Europe or smtp.zoho.in if you are in India.
server = smtplib.SMTP_SSL('smtp.zoho.com', 465)

# Perform operations via server
server.login('sender@example.com', 'password')
server.sendmail(sender, [recipient], msg.as_string())
server.quit()

Thanks, really helped me

It's showing authentication failed

Thanks, it worked for me!

Perfect its working

Authentication Failed

it works, thank you

it shows authentication failed how to resolve that

it shows authentication failed how to resolve that

Check that smtp.zoho.com, corresponds to your location in the world. For instance smtp.zoho.eu if you are in Europe or smtp.zoho.in if you are in India. Good luck!

Check that smtp.zoho.com, corresponds to your location in the world. For instance smtp.zoho.eu if you are in Europe or smtp.zoho.in if you are in India. Good luck!

Thank you very much @nhatcher !
Improved the gist as per your comment.

Any idea how we would send emails but to include our signature also. I believe we would have to use MIMIMultipart incorporating html code?

Great, this was really helpfull!

Awesome this was so cool. Thanks

it shows authentication failed how to resolve that

Check that smtp.zoho.com, corresponds to your location in the world. For instance smtp.zoho.eu if you are in Europe or smtp.zoho.in if you are in India. Good luck!

thanks, it works now