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How to Send Emails Using Python
Showing you multiple ways to reach out to people using Python
In this tutorial, I will show you multiple ways of sending emails using Python. This can be useful in many projects or cases where you need to share any type of information to different people in a fast, easy and secure way.
The traditional way: SMTPLIB
The library is the most popular one when it comes to sending email with Python. It creates a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) session object that can be used to send mail to any internet machine.
Before sending an email using this module, you need to change a setting in your email account. Indeed, you need to “enable access to less secure apps” in the email you will be using as the sender. More on this here: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255#zippy=%2Cif-less-secure-app-access-is-on-for-your-account
Once this is done, here is the code that will allow you to send a very simple email in no time.
