Sending Email from Outlook365 with Yagmail in Python (Allowing SMTP access)

Question

I can send emails via a Gmail account using the Yagmail module in Python but I am getting a SMTPAuthenticationError when I try to do it with an Outlook email address.

Gmail required me to allow "less secure apps" to access my account but I can't find any such option for Outlook365.

This is my code for Gmail with Yagmail:

import keyring
keyring.set_password('yagmail', '[email protected]', 'mypassword')

import yagmail
FROM = "[email protected]"
TO = "[email protected]"
SUBJECT = "test email"
TEXT = "details go here"

yagmail.SMTP(FROM).send(TO, SUBJECT, TEXT)

I have unfortunately no idea about outlook on that matter.... — PascalVKooten, Feb 03 '17 at 13:10

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 04 '17 at 08:05

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I got it to work using the following:

import yagmail
FROM = '[email protected]'
TO = '[email protected]'
SUBJECT = 'test email'
TEXT = 'details go here'

yag = yagmail.SMTP('myO365email.com', 'myO365pw', host='smtp.office365.com', port=587, smtp_starttls=True, smtp_ssl=False)
yag.send(TO, SUBJECT, TEXT)

The trick was to configure the SMTP TLS/SSL options.

answered Sep 04 '17 at 08:05

dnlbrky

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Thanks, also got stuck for a minute on the ssl, tsl config. – Josh Feb 12 '18 at 23:19
This no longer seems to work. I think this is because of the latest and the greatest Microsoft trick of two-factor authentication. Does anyone know a solution for that? – Alma Rahat Jul 20 '21 at 10:42
`FROM` is not used anywhere – tejasvi88 Apr 29 '22 at 11:27

Sending Email from Outlook365 with Yagmail in Python (Allowing SMTP access)

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