python email example

send_email.py

# Import smtplib for the actual sending function
import smtplib
import getpass

# Import the email modules we'll need
from email.message import EmailMessage

# Create a text/plain message
msg = EmailMessage()
msg.set_content('Testing email notification with python!')

smtp_server = "mail.example.com"
smtp_port = 587
mail_id = input("ID: ")

# me == the sender's email address
# you == the recipient's email address
msg['Subject'] = f'Python email notification'
msg['From'] = mail_id
msg['To'] = mail_id

# Send the message via gmail (login)
server = smtplib.SMTP(smtp_server, smtp_port)
server.starttls()

mail_pw = getpass.getpass()  # get password. may be unsafe, but convenient
server.login(mail_id, mail_pw)
del mail_pw

# send message
server.send_message(msg)
response, msg = server.quit()

if response==221:
  print("mail sent successfully.")