Sending email with python. Google disables less secure apps-CodePudding

I am trying to send email using python. My code was working fine before Google disabled 'less secure apps'. My email address and password are both correct.

server = smtplib.SMTP_SSL("smtp.gmail.com", 465)
serverEmail = "EMAILADDRESS"
serverPw = "QWERTY"
server.login(serverEmail, serverPw)
subject = "Rejection"
body = "Hi! You've been unfortunately declined access to our system."
message = f'Subject: {subject}\n\n{body}'
server.sendmail("EMAILADDRESS", doctorEmail['email'], message)
server.quit()

I get this error now:

smtplib.SMTPAuthenticationError: (535, b'5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted.

I get this error when i use server.starttls():

smtplib.SMTPNotSupportedError: STARTTLS extension not supported by server.

CodePudding user response：

This is working for me. You need to generate an app password for this. See https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en

import smtplib as smtp

connection = smtp.SMTP_SSL('smtp.gmail.com', 465)
    
email_addr = '[email protected]'
email_passwd = 'app_password_generated_in_Google_Account_Settings'
connection.login(email_addr, email_passwd)
connection.sendmail(from_addr=email_addr, to_addrs='[email protected]', msg="Sent from my IDE. Hehe")
connection.close()

For some reason, all of my emails are ending up in SPAM folder of the recipient account though.

CodePudding user response：

Google disabled access for 'less secure apps' for a time on June 2, but around 7 PM US Eastern Time they re-enabled it. So if you just waited a few hours, you didn't have to do anything.

I suspect that somehow they got smacked with the 'law of unintended consequences' but it won't surprise me if they turn this access off again at some point.