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Python unicode e-mail sending
#coding: utf-8
from cStringIO import StringIO
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.header import Header
from email import Charset
from email.generator import Generator
import smtplib
# Example address data
from_address = [u'⌘Tomek Kopczuk⌘', 'tomek@example.com']
recipient = [u'Those #!@', 'contact@example.com']
subject = u'⌘Unicode test⌘'
# Example body
html = u'Unicode⏎\nTest⏎'
text = u'Unicode⏎\nTest⏎'
# Default encoding mode set to Quoted Printable. Acts globally!
Charset.add_charset('utf-8', Charset.QP, Charset.QP, 'utf-8')
# 'alternative’ MIME type – HTML and plain text bundled in one e-mail message
msg = MIMEMultipart('alternative')
msg['Subject'] = "%s" % Header(subject, 'utf-8')
# Only descriptive part of recipient and sender shall be encoded, not the email address
msg['From'] = "\"%s\" <%s>" % (Header(from_address[0], 'utf-8'), from_address[1])
msg['To'] = "\"%s\" <%s>" % (Header(recipient[0], 'utf-8'), recipient[1])
# Attach both parts
htmlpart = MIMEText(html, 'html', 'UTF-8')
textpart = MIMEText(text, 'plain', 'UTF-8')
msg.attach(htmlpart)
msg.attach(textpart)
# Create a generator and flatten message object to 'file’
str_io = StringIO()
g = Generator(str_io, False)
g.flatten(msg)
# str_io.getvalue() contains ready to sent message
# Optionally - send it – using python's smtplib
# or just use Django's
s = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
s.ehlo()
s.starttls()
s.ehlo()
s.login("", "")
s.sendmail("", recipient[1], str_io.getvalue())
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zroyer commented Oct 20, 2016

hey this really helped me today, thanks

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inghvar commented Jan 17, 2017

Yes, it's a useful thing

@ManishPrajapat
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Thanks ! Saved my time

@ttiimmoonn
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Thanks, it really solved my problem.

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This really helped bro:) Thanks:)

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