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Learn how to send an email from your Raspberry Pi using a Python Script and an SMTP server. The example we'll show can also be run on any other machine that runs Python.

Sending emails with Python from a Raspberry Pi can be useful for many projects. Unfortunately, it’s a client/server protocol, with authentication and security required, which means it’s not that easy to use. In this article, I’ll answer your questions and give you a function you can use in all your Python projects.

Python can use an external SMTP server to send emails from a Raspberry Pi. SSL and smtplib are the two libraries required, in addition to an email account for the sender (like Gmail).