Sending Emails Using Python: Demonstrating SMTP & Sending Email @realpython
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This is a preview of the video course, "Sending Emails Using Python". Want to send emails with Python to automate confirmation messages, password resets, or scheduled notifications? Python’s standard library covers the whole pipeline, from making a server connection to building the message and sending it to one or many recipients. This course walks through every step in working code.

This is a portion of the complete course, which you can find here: realpython.com/courses/sending-emails-using-python

And the original text tutorial is here: realpython.com/python-send-email

The rest of the course covers:
- Exercise: Send Your First Email
- Formatting With HTML
- Showing More Message Features
- Exercise: Attach a File to Your Email
- Connecting to Servers
- Exercise: Send Over a Secure Connection
- Talking About Other Providers
- Sending Emails Using Python (Quiz)



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