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Send email using python

I want to send emails from my Gmail account using python. I followed steps given in this stackoverflow post: How to send an email with Python?
But, my the mails that I sent do not reach the addresses.
This is the error that I get:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "something.py", line 24, in <module>
server = smtplib.SMTP('myserver')
File "/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 256, in __init__
(code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
File "/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 317, in connect
self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
File "/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 292, in _get_socket
return socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout)
File "/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 557, in create_connection
for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
socket.gaierror: [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known
What should I be doing here?

What you've get is a DNS query error indicating that domain myserver does not exist.
You have to replace the argument myserver in server = smtplib.SMTP('myserver') with the actual address of SMTP server, such as smtp.mail.yahoo.com.

This is how I do it.
import smtplib
server=smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com',587)
server.starttls()
server.login('your_email#gmail.com','your_password')
server.sendmail('your_email#gmail.com','your_email#gmail.com','test email')

Receiving getaddrinfo [Errno -2] when trying to use Beaglebone Black to send email

I'm trying to use a Beaglebone Black (BBB) to send email notifications, but I'm getting caught up on this getaddrinfo error that reads as follows;
socket.gaierror: [Errno -2] Name or service not known
I've been working on this for a while and can't find why this isn't working.
The nano file I"m trying to run:
import smtplib
#import time
smtpObj = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
#time.sleep(1000)
print("SMTP object created...")
smtpObj.ehlo()
#time.sleep(1000)
print("EHLO...")
smtpObj.starttls()
#time.sleep(1000)
print("Starting TLS...")
smtpObj.login('EXAMPLEACCOUNT#gmail.com', 'EXAMPLEPASSWORD')
#time.sleep(1000)
print("Logged into EXAMPLEACCOUNT#gmail.com...")
smtpObj.sendmail('EXAMPLEACCOUNT#gmail.com', 'EXAMPLERECIPIENT', '''Subject:test subject \ntest body
Auto Alert System.''')
{}
#time.sleep(1000)
print("Sending email...")
smtpObj.quit()
#time.sleep(1000)
print("Destorying object.")
The output of invoking the test_email2.py function is as follows:
root#beaglebone:~/Desktop/email_project# python test_email2.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test_email2.py", line 4, in <module>
smtpObj = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 249, in __init__
(code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 309, in connect
self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 284, in _get_socket
return socket.create_connection((port, host), timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 553, in create_connection
for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
socket.gaierror: [Errno -2] Name or service not known
The format I've been following is based on that provided by https://automatetheboringstuff.com/chapter16/

socket.gaierror means that (underlying in libc) getaddrinfo function failed to get IP addresses for domain names you provided. It explains why it failed: [Errno -2] Name or service not known, so it doesn't know about a domain with such a name, smtp.gmail.com. This domain name obviously exists, so you should look into DNS system settings in your BBB system (and it's actually more of a SuperUser community question).
What DNS servers are used in configuration? If you're using a local caching DNS server at loopback, is it up and running? Is it configured properly to allow recursive requests? This particular problem most likely has nothing to do with Python or your code; it's your BBB system cannot resolve at least some, if not all, domain names.

Error Sending Email using Gmail with SMTP (Python 3)

I am trying to use SMTP in Python 3.4 to send emails but I am receiving the following error when I run my code:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Users/Anna Hughes/Documents/Python Projects/2015.10.16/Mail Application.py", line 9, in <module>
server.login(user_email, user_password)
File "C:\Python34\lib\smtplib.py", line 613, in login
raise SMTPException("SMTP AUTH extension not supported by server.")
smtplib.SMTPException: SMTP AUTH extension not supported by server.
Here is my code:
import smtplib
server = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.gmail.com:587")
user_email = "user#gmail.com"
user_password = "password"
recipient_email = "recipient#gmail.com"
msg = "Test."
server.login(user_email, user_password)
server.ehlo()
server.starttls()
server.sendmail(user_email, recipient_email, msg)
server.quit()
Thanks.
EDIT:
I have changed the second line to server = smtplib.SMTP("smpt.gmail.com, 587") as suggested. That seemed to fix the error, but I am now getting a new one:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Users/Anna Hughes/Documents/Python Projects/2015.10.16/Mail Application.py", line 2, in <module>
server = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.gmail.com,587")
File "C:\Python34\lib\smtplib.py", line 242, in __init__
(code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
File "C:\Python34\lib\smtplib.py", line 321, in connect
self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
File "C:\Python34\lib\smtplib.py", line 292, in _get_socket
self.source_address)
File "C:\Python34\lib\socket.py", line 494, in create_connection
for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
File "C:\Python34\lib\socket.py", line 533, in getaddrinfo
for res in _socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, family, type, proto, flags):
socket.gaierror: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed

You can also try yagmail:
import yagmail
yag = yagmail.SMTP("user#gmail.com", "password")
yag.send("recipient#gmail.com", subject="sub", contents="Test.")
Install using pip install yagmail.
Lots of more tricks can be found on the github page, such as passwordless script.

I can help.
See here and turn on.
Then
server = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.gmail.com, 587")
server.starttls()
server.login("username","p455w0rd")

I think perhaps your problem lies with this: server = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.gmail.com:587")
I've got a few programs that send e-mails, and I use the following format instead:
server = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.gmail.com, 587")
If you can't see the difference at first, the colon has been changed to a comma.
Hope this fixes it!

Try this
import smtplib
Server=smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com',587)
Server.starttls()
Server.login("EMAIL_YOUR","YOUR_PASSWORD")
msg="Hello, Its the Message!"
Server.sendmail("whom_2_send#gmail.com","your_email#gmail.com",msg)
print("email send succesfully") #Just for confirmation
Server.quit()

try this:
server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
server.set_debuglevel(1)
server.sendmail(email, password, message)
server.quit()

Send email from server python

I am trying to send an email form my server with python, I asked my server provider what port to use for this and they said "choose SMTP Ports 465 (Secure SSL/TLS outgoing server) , 25 ( Non-SSL outgoing server)." Not sure what this exactly means but currently I am using 25, here is my code
#! /usr/bin/python
import smtplib
import smtplib
server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 25)
#Next, log in to the server
server.login("youremailusername", "password")
#Send the mail
msg = "\nHello!" # The /n separates the message from the headers
server.sendmail("you#gmail.com", "target#example.com", msg)
I filled in my username (which is my email address right) and password,a dn the target but it is not working, when I try to navigate to the url where my py script is, it just doesn't load. I have an internet connection cause I am loving other things, and go to other pages on my server. I have also tried running with cron jobs but that also doesn't work.
The permissions on the script are 0755, is there a problem with the script?
When i ran with cron jobs here is the traceback
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/spencerf/public_html/cgi-bin/send_email.py", line 6, in <module>
server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 25)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/smtplib.py", line 239, in __init__
(code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/smtplib.py", line 295, in connect
self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/smtplib.py", line 273, in _get_socket
return socket.create_connection((port, host), timeout)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/socket.py", line 567, in create_connection
raise error, msg
socket.error: [Errno 101] Network is unreachable
Thanks for the help in advance.
EDIT
here is updated error log with the port at 587
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/spencerf/public_html/cgi-bin/send_email.py", line 7, in <module>
server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/smtplib.py", line 239, in __init__
(code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/smtplib.py", line 295, in connect
self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/smtplib.py", line 273, in _get_socket
return socket.create_connection((port, host), timeout)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/socket.py", line 567, in create_connection
raise error, msg
socket.error: [Errno 101] Network is unreachable
EDIT 2
When I had server = smtplib.SMTP('telnet smtp.gmail.com', 587)
I got this error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/spencerf/public_html/cgi-bin/send_email.py", line 8, in <module>
server = smtplib.SMTP('telnet smtp.gmail.com', 587)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/smtplib.py", line 239, in __init__
(code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/smtplib.py", line 295, in connect
self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/smtplib.py", line 273, in _get_socket
return socket.create_connection((port, host), timeout)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/socket.py", line 553, in create_connection
for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
socket.gaierror: [Errno -2] Name or service not known

BUG:
First of all you are using gmail server not your company server to send mail .For gmail server the output port is 587
The code:
Due to security issues gmail blocks accessing mail via code or program
But still you can use gmail to send mail via code if you do the following things
What i have done in code :
1.Added a error object to get the error message
import smtplib
try:
server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 587)
#Next, log in to the server
server.login("youremailusername", "password")
#Send the mail
msg = "\nHello!" # The /n separates the message from the headers
server.sendmail("you#gmail.com", "target#example.com", msg)
print "Successfully sent email"
except smtplib.SMTPException,error:
print str(error)
print "Error: unable to send email"
If u ran this code u would see a error message like this stating that google is not allowing u to login via code
Things to change in gmail:
1.Login to gmail
2.Go to this link https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps
3.Click enable then retry the code
Hopes it help :)
But there are security threats if u enable it
Updated
import smtplib
try:
content = 'test'
mail = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com',587)
mail.ehlo()
mail.starttls()
mail.login("ABC#gmail.com", "password")
mail.sendmail("ABC#gmail.com", "recivermailaddress", content)
mail.quit
print "Successfully sent email"
except smtplib.SMTPException,error:
print str(error)

In python, please download yagmail (disclaimer: I'm the developer):
pip install yagmail
It is then simply a matter of:
import yagmail
yag = yagmail.SMTP("you#gmail.com", "password")
yag.send("target#example.com", 'This is the subject', 'Hello!')
I guess it mostly just has to do with the fact that you gave a wrong port (smtp.gmail.com is not at 25).
On the github you can also see a common list of errors.

Error during sending mail

I try to send mail via python. I got a function:
def mail():
fromaddr = 'mymail#gmail.com'
toaddrs = 'targetmail#o2.pl'
msg = 'There was a terrible error that occured and I wanted you to know!'
# Credentials (if needed)
username = 'mymail#gmail.com'
password = 'password'
# The actual mail send
server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')
server.ehlo()
server.starttls()
server.ehlo()
server.login(username,password)
server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddrs, msg)
server.quit()
When I try to execute this function it whows me WinError 10060. Error text below:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\python-factory\ServiceChecker\main\mainBlock.py", line 75, in <module> mail()
File "C:\python-factory\ServiceChecker\main\mainBlock.py", line 65, in mail server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')
File "C:\Python34\Lib\smtplib.py", line 242, in __init__ (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
File "C:\Python34\Lib\smtplib.py", line 321, in connect self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
File "C:\Python34\Lib\smtplib.py", line 292, in _get_socket self.source_address)
File "C:\Python34\Lib\socket.py", line 509, in create_connection raise err
File "C:\Python34\Lib\socket.py", line 500, in create_connection sock.connect(sa)
TimeoutError: [WinError 10060]
I don't know where is problem... i tried many mail servers (gmail,o2,wp,) all of them returned the same error. I tried also other available solutions in the internet to send mail via pyython.... the same problem...
Please help

According to your posted backtrace, you are failing at the line
server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')
I've run that line and it works for me. The clue is in the TimeoutError. I believe you are having networking problems and the code itself is fine.
You do have an extra call to ehlo but as it stands you are not getting that far.
Additionally, it would probably be better to pass the port number as a separate argument, rather than using a colon to split it. E.g.
server = smtplib.SMTP(host='smtp.gmail.com', port=587)
The documentation for smptlib is here: https://docs.python.org/2/library/smtplib.html

Try removing the second server.ehlo() . The one just before login. That worked for me.

toaddrs should be a list
toaddrs = ['targetmail#o2.pl']