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Sending email from python and the error keeps popping up

I am trying to send email with Python and am getting errors. Here is my code:

import smtplib

server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com', 465)


server.login("someone@gmail.com", "pass")


msg = "Hello!"
server.sendmail("someone@gmail.com", "someone@gmail.com", msg)
print("Sent")

This is the error I keep getting

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/me/Desktop/Python/email65.py", line 1, in <module>
    import smtplib
  File "C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\smtplib.py", line 47, in <module>
    import email.utils
  File "C:/Users/me/Desktop/Python\email.py", line 1
    import smtplib from email.mime.multipart
                      ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax'

What am I doing wrong?

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You have a script C:/Users/Kevin/Desktop/Python\email.py

that hides the email package from stdlib. Rename your script.



In the future, avoid script names that are already accepted by stdlib. Especially avoid test.py ! :-)

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The email.py

import should contain:

from email.mime.multipart import smtplib


Or perhaps:

import smtplib
from email.mime.multipart import [...]
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Your import smtplib statement is correct.

Please double check the source you are using as I do not see the "import of smtplib from email.mime.multipart'anywhere" in your source.

A typical way to implement email sending logic in python can be found here . and doc library here

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