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pythonemailsmtp
user2916886
user2916886

Reputation: 845

How to create a free SMTP server

I am not at all familiar with SMTP but I am working on sending emails through Python code. I have the code but I need to pass SMTP host name for it to actually work. Is there any service which provides a free SMTP service that I leverage for testing out my code? I looked around to create my own SMTP server but couldn't find something that provides a step by step guide to create a SMTP server. I want to create a free server(or if there is any free service) that will provide me with a host name(ip address) so that I can put that host name in my python code and execute it from any machine.

If anyone can point me in the right direction it will be helpful.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3302

Answers (2)

Vojtěch Pithart
Vojtěch Pithart

Reputation: 124

You need service like https://mailtrap.io/. You'll get SMTP server address (eventually port number) that you point your application to. All e-mails produced by your application will be then intercepted by mailtrap (thus not delivered to the real To: address).

They offer free variant that seems to be suitable for your needs.

Upvotes: 2

glegoux
glegoux

Reputation: 3613

import smtplib

username = 'user'
password = 'pwd'

from_addr = '[email protected]'
to_addrs = '[email protected]'

msg = "\r\n".join([
  "From: [email protected]",
  "To: [email protected]",
  "Subject: subject",
  "",
  "message"
  ])

server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')
server.ehlo()
server.starttls()
server.login(username, password)
server.sendmail(from_addr, to_addrs, msg)
server.quit()

You can use mutt linux command also here.

See :
https://docs.python.org/3/library/smtplib.html
https://support.google.com/a/answer/176600?hl=en

Upvotes: 4

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