Error sending email: raise SMTPAuthenticationError(code, resp)

Question

Im trying to send emails with smtp module, but Im having an error:

File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py\", in login    
 raise SMTPAuthenticationError(code,          


        

Answer 1

Go to Google's Account Security Settings: www.google.com/settings/security

Find the field "Access for less secure apps". Set it to "Allowed".

Try your script again, changing server.sendemail() to server.sendmail()