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Hi so I tried using the email documentation and it was just crazy confusing can anyone walk me through the process of sending in email in a script.

@zhb see

Here is another simple example that I used myself, but anonamized. It works when the message text is ASCII.

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Script to send an email. Runs with Python 3.6

# Import smtplib for the actual sending function
# Import the email modules we'll need
import smtplib
from email.message import EmailMessage

##### CONFIGURATION #####

SMTP_SERVER = 'smtp.example.com'
SMTP_PORT = 25
SMTP_LOGIN = None # user name if needed
SMTP_PASSWORD = 'secret'       # None if not needed

#########################

# Info for this message
# Adressee
name = 'adressee name'
email = 'adressee@example.com'
sender_name = 'Sender Name'
sender_email = 'sender@example.com'
subject = 'Test message'

message = '''Dear {name},

Thank you for your contribution to Python.

With kind regards,
{sender_name}
{sender_email}
'''
#########################

# build and send an email.
# message = formatted message with optional {xxx} placeholders
# for name, email, sender_name, sender_email.

def send_email(message, from_name, from_email, to_name, to_email, subject):

    body = message.format(name=to_name, email=to_email,
                          sender_name=from_name, sender_email=from_email)
    msg = EmailMessage()
    msg.set_content(body)
    msg['Subject'] = subject
    msg['From'] = '"{name}" <{address}>'.format(name=from_name, address=from_email)
    msg['To'] = '{name} <{address}>'.format(name=to_name, address=to_email)

    # Send the message via the designated SMTP server.
    s = smtplib.SMTP(SMTP_SERVER, SMTP_PORT)
    # Login to the SMTP server if necessary
    if SMTP_LOGIN:
        s.login(SMTP_LOGIN, SMTP_PASSWORD)
    s.send_message(msg)
    s.quit()

send_email(message, sender_name, sender_email, name, email, subject)
print("Email sent to", name, "<"+email+">")