bot11 · April 3, 2015 13:38 · Apr 3, 2015
diff --git a/send_from_gmail.py b/send_from_gmail.py
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+import smtplib
+
+gmail_user = "[email protected]"
+gmail_pwd = "frompwd"
+
+
+TO = '[email protected]'
+SUBJECT = "Testing sending using gmail"
+TEXT = "Testing sending mail using gmail servers"
+server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
+server.ehlo()
+server.starttls()
+server.login(gmail_user, gmail_pwd)
+BODY = '\r\n'.join(['To: %s' % TO,
+        'From: %s' % gmail_user,
+        'Subject: %s' % SUBJECT,
+        '', TEXT])
+
+server.sendmail(gmail_user, [TO], BODY)
+print ('email sent')
+
+#If got the following error:
+'''
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "send_from_gmail.py", line 13, in <module>
+    server.login(gmail_user, gmail_pwd)
+  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 615, in login
+    raise SMTPAuthenticationError(code, resp)
+smtplib.SMTPAuthenticationError: (534, '5.7.14 <https://accounts.google.com/...........................................................................>
+ Please log in via your web browser and\n5.7.14 then try again.\n5.7.14 Learn more at\n5.7.14 https://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=XXXX XXXXXXX.2 - gsmtp')
+
+Access : https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps and set 
+Access for less secure apps : turn off
+'''