Send Email with Python using Google SMTP

email_sender.py

import smtplib
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.mime.text import MIMEText

def notify(receiver_address, subject, mail_content):

    sender_address = '[email protected]'
    sender_pass = '16_CHARACTER_PASS_HERE'

    message = MIMEMultipart()

    message['From'] = sender_address
    message['To'] = receiver_address
    message['Subject'] = subject

    # The body and the attachments for the mail
    message.attach(MIMEText(mail_content, 'plain'))

    # Create SMTP session for sending the mail
    session = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
    session.starttls()
    session.login(sender_address, sender_pass)
    text = message.as_string()
    session.sendmail(sender_address, receiver_address, text)
    session.quit()

    
notify('[email protected]', 'Test Email', '''Hello there!

This is a test email.

Thanks!''')

instructions.md

For this, you'll need to sign into your gmail/google workspace account with password. For security reasons, it's prefered to use app password. And if you use 2FA (which you should), you may get "password incorrect" when using your regular password. Follow these steps to create an app password:

1. Go to your Google Account.
2. Select Security.
3. Under "Signing in to Google," select App Passwords.
4. At the bottom, choose Select app and choose "Mail" and for the Select device option, select "Custom" and enter a descriptive name for the app.
5. Your password will be shown on screen, it's the 16-character code in the yellow bar.
6. Copy it and tap Done.

These instructions may change, you can find them (here)[https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833#app-passwords] as well

Replace the sender_address and sender_pass variables below and use the function where needed!