Send Email With Python

This repository contains a Python script that facilitates the sending of emails directly from the command line. Leveraging the power of Python's smtplib and email libraries, the script provides a user-friendly interface to compose and send emails with SSL encryption for enhanced security. It includes features such as loading credentials from environment variables via the python-dotenv package, robust error handling, and logging for effective troubleshooting and operational visibility. Ideal for automating email notifications, this script offers a scalable and secure solution for integrating email functionalities into Python applications.

Getting Started

1. Navigate to Gmail and log in.
2. Click on your profile picture in the top right corner.
3. Select "Manage your Google Account" from the dropdown menu.
4. In the left-hand menu, click on "Security."
5. In the "How you sign in to Google" section, check if 2-Step Verification (2FA) is enabled. If not, enable it to proceed.
6. Visit Gmail Apps
7. Under 'Select app', choose 'Other', type a custom name (e.g., Python Email App), and then click 'Generate'.
8. Copy the generated app password and paste it into your .env.example file under the GMAIL_APP_PASSWORD variable.
9. In the same .env.example file, set the SENDER_EMAIL and RECEIVER_EMAIL variables with your desired email addresses.
10. To send a pre-defined email, modify the subject and body in the send-email.py script and run it.
11. Alternatively, to send emails with dynamic content, run the send-email-dynamic-input.py script, and input the email subject and body when prompted.

Sending the email for the CLI:

Reciving the email in the Gmail Inbox