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"""Send an email from Gmail. | |
Before execute this code, you have some tasks. | |
1) for temporary | |
Turn on the flag "Allow less secure apps" | |
from the follwoing link. | |
https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps | |
or | |
2) for permanently | |
Generate an application password. | |
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833 | |
""" | |
import smtplib | |
import email.mime.text | |
# Enter your Gmail account. | |
username = 'YOUR_GMAIL_ACCOUNT@gmail.com' | |
password = 'YOUR_GMAIL_PASSWORD' | |
# Write your email. | |
from_ = username | |
to = 'ADDRESS_WHERE_YOU_WANT_TO_SEND_EMAIL@MAILSERVER.COM' | |
sub = 'Python smtplib' | |
body = """\ | |
Hello, Bob. | |
My name is Alice. | |
""" | |
# The following code will send your email via Gmail. | |
msg = email.mime.text.MIMEText(body) | |
msg['Subject'] = sub | |
msg['From'] = from_ | |
msg['To'] = to | |
host = 'smtp.gmail.com' | |
port = 465 | |
smtp = smtplib.SMTP_SSL(host, port) | |
smtp.ehlo() | |
smtp.login(username, password) | |
smtp.mail(username) | |
smtp.rcpt(to) | |
smtp.data(msg.as_string()) | |
smtp.quit() |
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