ImportError: No module named 'email.mime'; email is not a package [duplicate]

Answer 1

I encountered the same problem just now. Finally, I found it's because I name the python file as 'email.py'. It works after changing its name.

Answer 2

Don't use "email" in your .py file name or even in package name as well. This will cause confusion to the interpreter between user declared module and pre-defined modules

Answer 3

The issue is in pip. I was unable to update setuptools using

easy_install --upgrade setuptools

I was also unable to install email with pip using

pip install email

I fixed the problem by installing email using easy_install

easy_install email

Hope someone finds that as helpful. Thanks to those who have helped.

Answer 4

I had the same problem. Both answers helped me solve it. However, in addition I also had to delete the email.pyc file that was created when the script was run with the old name email.py.

To summarize:

• make sure the email module is installed
• delete the email.pyc file that was created when the script called email.py was run
• rename the script to something else