Python Flask - Email Sender Does not Work

Question

I am trying to sending auto mail from my real mail adres to other mail adres. I use my real password for MAIL_PASSWORD value. What am I doing wrong with coding. I dont get any errors but I dont get any mails neihter... I need help to figure it out.

from flask import Flask
from flask_mail import Mail, Message

app = Flask(__name__)
mail= Mail(app)

app.config['MAIL_SERVER']='smtp.gmail.com' #or localhost what is the difference between localhost and smtp I dont know yet
app.config['MAIL_PORT'] = 465
app.config['MAIL_USERNAME'] = 'mymail@gmail.com'
app.config['MAIL_PASSWORD'] = 'realmailpassword'
app.config['MAIL_USE_TLS'] = False
app.config['MAIL_USE_SSL'] = True

@app.route("/")
def index():

    try:
        msg = Message('Hello', 
                    sender='mymail@gmail.com',
                    recipients='receiver@gmail.com')
        msg.body = 'my first auto mail'
        mail.send(msg)
        print('mail has been sent')
    except Exception:
        print('mail could not be send')

if __name__ == '__main__':
   app.run(debug = True)

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '23 at 10:00

the mail= Mail(app) should be moved after setting all the mail related variables.

Also as other posts suggest, you should use different gmail port, switch SSL to TLS. here is your script modified:

import traceback
from flask import Flask
from flask_mail import Mail, Message

app = Flask(__name__)

app.config['MAIL_SERVER']='smtp.gmail.com' #or localhost what is the difference between localhost and smtp I dont know yet
app.config['MAIL_PORT'] = 587
app.config['MAIL_USERNAME'] = 'mymail@gmail.com'
app.config['MAIL_PASSWORD'] = 'realmailpassword'
app.config['MAIL_USE_TLS'] = True
app.config['MAIL_USE_SSL'] = False

mail= Mail(app)

@app.route("/")
def index():

    try:
        msg = Message('Hello', 
                    sender='mymail@gmail.com',
                    recipients='receiver@gmail.com')
        msg.body = 'my first auto mail'
        mail.send(msg)
        print('mail has been sent')
    except Exception:
        print('mail could not be send, details: ' + traceback.format_exc())

    return "Done"

if __name__ == '__main__':
   app.run(debug = True)

but you will end up getting a Gmail error:

smtplib.SMTPAuthenticationError: (535, b'5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at\n5.7.8  https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials a10-20020a170414149065f8a00b414100921414595899cfcsm11531412673eju.53 - gsmtp')

because Gmail stopped accepting user/password authentications.

So if gmail stopped accepting user/password authentications what is the way of achieving this auto mail sending script? — Alp Eren Gl Student, Mar 29 '23 at 05:31
there are several articles if you google for `gmail "Username and Password not accepted"`. i would start with this [thread](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16512592/login-credentials-not-working-with-gmail-smtp), or maybe check [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHP-9fXQGwo). — ilias-sp, Mar 29 '23 at 08:27

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