[Tutor] How to send an email using Python

[Samuel Avinash]

Hi, Can anybody tell me how to send an email to a recipient using PythonI am trying to send an email using GmailI create an instance of  smtplib and use :x=smtplib.SMTP(sever,port) and then x.login(user,pwd)I try to send the email usingx..sendmail(SENDER, RECIPIENTS, msg)But I get the following errorTraceback (most recent call last):File "C:UsersAvisDesktopMail.py", line 13, in session = smtplib.SMTP(smtpserver,port)File "C:Python26libsmtplib.py", line 239, in init(code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)File "C:Python26libsmtplib.py", line 295, in connectself.sock = self.getsocket(host, port, self.timeout)File "C:Python26libsmtplib.py", line 273, in getsocketreturn socket.createconnection((port, host), timeout)File "C:Python26libsocket.py", line 498, in createconnectionfor res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCKSTREAM):socket.gaierror: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failedThis is in Windows Vista and I am trying to connect to "smtp.gmail.com" with port 465
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