Send email in Python like PHP

Question

I noticed that php just has one quick function to send emails and I'm wondering if I can do that in Python. I know that Python has an email module, but I understand that I need to be running an SMTP server to use that, whereas PHP can use sendmail.

I would preferably like to use Python 3 and any help on this would be much appreciated.

[Sending mail via sendmail from python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/73781/sending-mail-via-sendmail-from-python)? — planestepper, Jun 26 '11 at 17:56
Why an upvote for a basic question that could be answered by a simple Google search or a search on SO? — , Jun 26 '11 at 17:57
the answer below does not use os.popen, and therefore much better than answers in linked question from the comment above. — bialix, Apr 18 '14 at 09:05

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 26 '11 at 17:56

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this is a full tutorial for sending email in python..it looks like they do have sendmail function too..take a look at

try:
   smtpObj = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
   smtpObj.sendmail(sender, receivers, message)         
   print "Successfully sent email"
except SMTPException:
   print "Error: unable to send email"

answered Jun 26 '11 at 17:56

Benny Tjia

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I'll try that, putting the host in the constructor made me think that it needed a server running. – Tom Leese Jun 26 '11 at 18:02
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Could you please explain where is the example with unix "sendmail" in the tutorial? In php default option in .ini is using "/usr/sbin/sendmail" as the mail sending program. Are you referring to the same? – Vijay Jan 23 '21 at 04:55

Send email in Python like PHP

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