Smtplib

• Article About Sending Emails

To create a secure connection, you can either use SMTP_SSL() with 465 port or .starttls() with 587 port. The former creates an SMTP connection that is secured from the beginning. The latter creates an unsecured SMTP connection that is encrypted via .starttls().

• To send email through SMTP_SSL():

import smtplib

gmail_user = 'your_email@gmail.com'
gmail_password = 'your_password'

sent_from = gmail_user
to = ['person_a@gmail.com', 'person_b@gmail.com']
subject = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet'
body = 'consectetur adipiscing elit'

email_text = """\
From: %s
To: %s
Subject: %s

%s
""" % (sent_from, ", ".join(to), subject, body)

try:
	smtp_server = smtplib.SMTP_SSL('smtp.gmail.com', 465)
	smtp_server.ehlo()
	smtp_server.login(gmail_user, gmail_password)
	smtp_server.sendmail(sent_from, to, email_text)
	smtp_server.close()
	print ("Email sent successfully!")
except Exception as ex:
	print ("Something went wrong….",ex)

• To send email through .starttls():

import smtplib 
try: 
	#Create your SMTP session 
	smtp = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587) 

	#Use TLS to add security 
	smtp.starttls() 

	#User Authentication 
	smtp.login("sender_email_id","sender_email_id_password")

	#Defining The Message 
	message = "Message_you_need_to_send" 

	#Sending the Email
	smtp.sendmail("sender_email_id", "receiyer_email_id",message) 

	#Terminating the session 
	smtp.quit() 
	print ("Email sent successfully!") 

except Exception as ex: 
	print("Something went wrong....",ex)