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Send an email with a gmail account using python 3
# smtplib module send mail
import smtplib
TO = 'recipient@mailservice.com'
SUBJECT = 'TEST MAIL'
TEXT = 'Here is a message from python.'
# Gmail Sign In
gmail_sender = 'sender@gmail.com'
gmail_passwd = 'password'
server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
server.ehlo()
server.starttls()
server.login(gmail_sender, gmail_passwd)
BODY = '\r\n'.join(['To: %s' % TO,
'From: %s' % gmail_sender,
'Subject: %s' % SUBJECT,
'', TEXT])
try:
server.sendmail(gmail_sender, [TO], BODY)
print ('email sent')
except:
print ('error sending mail')
server.quit()
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