Automated Gmail sender

Key features

• Secure SMTP connection using TLS
• Support for attachments
• Error handling
• Easy to integrate into other Python programs
• Object-oriented design for re-usability

Setup instructions

To use this script, you'll need to follow these steps:

1. First, set up Google App Password:

• Go to your Google Account settings
• Navigate to Security > 2-Step Verification
• At the bottom, click on "App passwords"
• Generate a new app password for your Python script
• Save this password safely (you'll only see it once)

Note: In https://myaccount.google.com/security, do you see 2-step verification set to ON? If yes, then visiting https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords should allow you to set up application specific passwords.

2. Install "secure-smtplib"

pip install secure-smtplib

Use the script

# Create the sender object
sender = GmailSender("your.email@gmail.com", "your-app-password")

sender.send_email(
    to_email="recipient@example.com",
    subject="Hello!",
    body="This is an automated email."
)

# Use the below script to send the email via attachments
sender.send_email(
    to_email="recipient@example.com",
    subject="Report",
    body="Please find the attached report.",
    attachments=["report.pdf", "data.xlsx"]
)

Author

Mihir Deshpande

Important security notes:

• Never share your app password
• Don't commit the script with your credentials
• Consider using environment variables for sensitive data