mailer

0.8.1 verified Fri May 01 auth: no python deprecated

A simple Python module to send email messages. Current version 0.8.1, last updated in 2011. No longer actively maintained; use in legacy projects only.

pip install mailer==0.8.1

Common errors

error AttributeError: module 'mailer' has no attribute 'Mailer' ↓

cause Incorrect import: using `import mailer` then `mailer.Mailer`.

fix

Use from mailer import Mailer instead.

error smtplib.SMTPAuthenticationError: (535, b'5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted') ↓

cause Modern Gmail requires App Passwords or OAuth; mailer sends plain password.

fix

Switch to yagmail with OAuth or generate an App Password for the SMTP server.

Warnings

deprecated mailer 0.8.1 is over a decade old; no support for modern TLS/SSL or authentication. Use smtplib from stdlib or yagmail for modern email. ↓

fix Migrate to yagmail or smtplib.

gotcha The login method does not support password-less authentication or OAuth. Only plain password. ↓

fix Use a dedicated library like yagmail for Gmail OAuth.

Imports

Mailer
wrong
```
import mailer.Mailer
```
correct
```
from mailer import Mailer
```
Mailer is a class inside the mailer module.
Message
```
from mailer import Message
```
Correct import for Message class.

Quickstart

Send a plain text email via SMTP.

from mailer import Mailer, Message

mailer = Mailer('smtp.example.com')
mailer.login('user@example.com', 'password')
msg = Message(From='from@example.com', To='to@example.com', Subject='Hello', Body='World')
mailer.send(msg)