Email Via Python so i know when i get an error

[shaggy89]

Hi all,
I would like to send an email from my Gmail account using python so when i have an error ill receive an auto email. At current the program handles the errors internally and keeps trying to do its task. That part is fine but when it hits an error I would like to receive an email. So i did some googling and found this nice script

import smtplib
fromaddr = 'my email'
toaddrs = 'to my email'
msg = 'Test Email message'
#provide gmail user name and password
username = 'username'
password = 'password'
# functions to send an email
server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.googlemail.com:465')
server.ehlo()
server.starttls()
server.ehlo()
server.login(username,password)
server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddrs, msg)
server.quit()

but i get an error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\email.py", line 1, in <module>
    import smtplib
  File "C:\Python27\lib\smtplib.py", line 46, in <module>
    import email.utils
  File "C:\email.py", line 11, in <module>
    server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.googlemail.com:465')
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'SMTP'

So I have checked the Lib folder and Smtplib.py is there and so is the email folder and the utils.py file.

Can anyone help ?

Cheers Shane

P.s using winblows

[roberttonafelix]

hi,

It was quite difficult to connect the gmail server for send and receiving the mails via python instead if you have an outlook account it is possible send email using python...

if you want the gmail account mail's to the outlook email address follow the below setting...
login to your gmail account and select the settings and in the that select forwarding and pop/imap and in that give the outlook email address and use the below python script for sending outlook emails....

import mailer
import time
import datetime
from datetime import datetime
message = mailer.Message()
message.From = "[e-mail]"
message.To = "[e-mail]"
message.Subject = "test"
message.Body = "This is automated mail please don't reply to this mail."
mailer = mailer.Mailer('use the server address.com')
mailer.send(message)
print "sent"

for the mailer package download go to the below address..
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/mailer

[dwblas]

Also, Python has the SMPT module. Doug Hellmann's page is one place for more info.