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marsnebulasoup
marsnebulasoup

Reputation: 2660

sending email with python and error message keeps popping up

I am trying to send an email with python and getting errors. Here is my code:

import smtplib

server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 465)


server.login("[email protected]", "pass")


msg = "Hello!"
server.sendmail("[email protected]", "[email protected]", msg)
print("Sent")

This is the error I keep getting

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/me/Desktop/Python/email65.py", line 1, in <module>
    import smtplib
  File "C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\smtplib.py", line 47, in <module>
    import email.utils
  File "C:/Users/me/Desktop/Python\email.py", line 1
    import smtplib from email.mime.multipart
                      ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax`

What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1006

Answers (3)

Alexander
Alexander

Reputation: 109546

In email.py, the import should be:

from email.mime.multipart import smtplib

Or possibly:

import smtplib
from email.mime.multipart import [...]

Upvotes: 2

phd
phd

Reputation: 94483

You have a script C:/Users/Kevin/Desktop/Python\email.py that shadows email package from stdlib. Rename your script.

In the future avoid script names that are already taken by stdlib. Especially avoid test.py! :-)

Upvotes: 2

Rishi
Rishi

Reputation: 6189

Your 'import smtplib' statement is correct.

Please double check the source code that you are sharing, as I dont see the ' import smtplib from email.mime.multipart'anywhere in your source.

Typical way of implementing the email sending logic in python can be found here . and the library doc here

Upvotes: 2

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