{"id":6356,"library":"email-to","title":"email-to","description":"The 'email-to' library simplifies sending HTML emails in Python by providing a higher-level API over the built-in `smtplib` and `email.mime` modules. Its current version is 0.1.0. The library appears to be unmaintained with no releases since 2017, making its release cadence effectively dormant.","status":"abandoned","version":"0.1.0","language":"en","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/abkfenris/email_to","tags":["email","html-email","smtp"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install email-to","lang":"bash","label":"Install stable version"}],"dependencies":[],"imports":[{"note":"The library documentation and common usage suggest importing the top-level module 'email_to' and accessing `EmailServer` as an attribute, rather than directly importing `EmailServer`.","wrong":"from email_to import EmailServer","symbol":"EmailServer","correct":"import email_to\nserver = email_to.EmailServer(...)"}],"quickstart":{"code":"import email_to\nimport os\n\n# It's recommended to use environment variables for sensitive credentials\nSMTP_HOST = os.environ.get('EMAIL_SMTP_HOST', 'smtp.example.com')\nSMTP_PORT = int(os.environ.get('EMAIL_SMTP_PORT', 587))\nSMTP_USERNAME = os.environ.get('EMAIL_USERNAME', 'your_email@example.com')\nSMTP_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('EMAIL_PASSWORD', 'your_app_password')\n\nRECIPIENT_EMAIL = os.environ.get('EMAIL_RECIPIENT', 'recipient@example.com')\n\ntry:\n    # Initialize the EmailServer\n    server = email_to.EmailServer(\n        SMTP_HOST, \n        SMTP_PORT, \n        SMTP_USERNAME, \n        SMTP_PASSWORD\n    )\n\n    # Send a quick HTML email\n    server.quick_email(\n        RECIPIENT_EMAIL,\n        'Test Subject from email-to',\n        ['<h1>Hello from email-to!</h1>', '<p>This is a test HTML email.</p>'],\n        style='h1 { color: blue; } p { font-family: sans-serif; }'\n    )\n    print(\"Email sent successfully!\")\nexcept Exception as e:\n    print(f\"Failed to send email: {e}\")","lang":"python","description":"This quickstart demonstrates how to initialize an `EmailServer` and send a basic HTML email using `quick_email`. It's crucial to use environment variables for sensitive SMTP credentials rather than hardcoding them."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Consider using more actively maintained libraries like `python-emails`, `yagmail`, or directly using Python's `smtplib` and `email` modules which are part of the standard library and continuously updated.","message":"The library has not been updated since October 2017, indicating it is abandoned. It may not be compatible with modern Python versions (e.g., Python 3.8+) or current email security standards (e.g., TLS 1.3).","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":"0.1.0 and likely all prior versions"},{"fix":"Always use environment variables (e.g., `os.environ.get()`) or a secure configuration management system to store and access sensitive credentials.","message":"The original quickstart examples on PyPI show hardcoding SMTP usernames and passwords directly into the code. This is a significant security vulnerability.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"0.1.0"},{"fix":"Verify compatibility with your specific SMTP server's requirements. If issues arise, a more modern library or direct `smtplib` usage would be a safer alternative.","message":"Due to its age, 'email-to' might not support the latest authentication mechanisms or TLS protocols required by modern SMTP servers, potentially leading to connection failures or insecure communications.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"0.1.0"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z"}