Python smtplib ''Subject'' why doesn't it print any subject. I've tried almost anything now

Question

The email sending code works fine without problems, but it prints all of it in the message field. I've basically tried everything the last 3 hours. Any advice guys?

import smtplib

fromaddr="xxxxx@xxx.com"

toaddr="xxxxx@xxxx.com"

message = '''\\
         ... From: xxxxx
         ... Subject: testin'...
         ...
         ... This is a test '''

 password="xxxx"

subject="this is supposed to be the subject"

server=smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')
server.starttls()
server.login(fromaddr,password)
server.sendmail(fromaddr,toaddr,message,subject)
server.quit()
subject = "this is supposed to be the subject"

Can you explain more clearly what the issue is? What do you expect to happen and what actually happens? — Pedro von Hertwig Batista, Dec 01 '17 at 12:17
The thing is when I run the program it sends a mail to the mailadress I want it to send to. That works fine! but it has ''no subject'' in the mail so the only thing you can see when you click the mail is the message inside the mail but without a subject'' Do you know where I'm going with this? — Daniel Saggo, Dec 01 '17 at 12:19
Could you show how to attach it, and what the code would look like then? — Daniel Saggo, Dec 01 '17 at 12:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 01 '17 at 14:11

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Creating the message using MIMEText has always worked for me. Here is how you can use it:

import smtplib
from email.mime.text import MIMEText

# message body goes here
message = '''\\
         ... This is a test '''

msg = MIMEText(message, 'plain')
msg['Subject'] = "this is supposed to be the subject"
msg['From'] = "xxxxx@xxx.com"
msg['To'] = "xxxxx@xxxx.com"

server=smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')
server.starttls()
server.login(fromaddr,password)
server.sendmail(msg['From'], msg['To'], msg.as_string())
server.quit()

I hope this helps!

answered Dec 01 '17 at 14:11

eiram_mahera

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It will send email with the intended subject text. – eiram_mahera Dec 01 '17 at 14:16
Fair enough. +1 – Mad Physicist Dec 01 '17 at 14:19

Python smtplib ''Subject'' why doesn't it print any subject. I've tried almost anything now

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