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part = MIMEText('text', "plain")
part.set_payload(message)
msg.attach(part)
# attach an image in the current directory
filename = input('Enter the file name of a GIF image: ')
path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), filename)
if os.path.exists(path):
img = MIMEImage(open(path, 'rb').read(), _subtype="gif")
img.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment',
filename=filename)
msg.attach(img)
# create smtp session
session = smtplib.SMTP(SMTP_SERVER, SMTP_PORT)
session.ehlo()
session.starttls()
session.ehlo
# send mail
session.sendmail(sender, recipient, msg.as_string())
print("You email is sent to {0}.".format(recipient))
session.quit()if __name__ == '__main__':
sender = input("Enter sender email address: ")
recipient = input("Enter recipeint email address: ")
send_email(sender, recipient)If you run the preceding script, then it will ask the usual, that is, the e-mail sender,
the recipient, the user credentials, and the location of the image file.
$ python3 smtp_mail_sender_mime.py
Enter sender email address: [email protected]
Enter recipeint email address: [email protected]
Enter your email subject: Test email with attachment
Enter your email message. Press Enter when finished. This is a test email
with atachment.
Enter the file name of a GIF image: image.gif
You email is sent to [email protected].