This was brilliant! Just got R-pi for Christmas and wanted to do coding. Found this video and thought I would try it. Had some trouble getting the files, but it was because of spelling errors. I had to debug a few times because of double key presses but it was worth seeing the email come into my email account! THANKS!
I'm getting this error as well, on a fresh, updated installation. Anyone have a fix? Also, if body of email ends with an exclamation point, like "Hello Email Test!" I get this error: bash: !": event not found
For anyone with this issue: Google may have blocked your attempt. It sees this method as a security issue. Go into your google settings and lower your security for this to work.
Very helpful, thank you. Also, thanks to Terry Gold for pointing out that "import smtplib" needed to be added to the script - it didn't work until I added this.
worked for me right off the bat. I created a ghost gmail account that I can use to send emails so that even if my rpi gets hacked, there's not much to lose, since there is no private information in that account anyway.
Hmm .. I haven't encountered that issue. It sounds like something is blocking the connection, so you may want to check your firewall settings. If that doesn't work, Google "Cannot open smtp.gmail.com:587" and you'll find several sites discussing the issue. Hope that helps.
I've heard of someone having that problem and it had to do with the password in the config file. That person changed their gmail password and it fixed the problem. Anyway, just google "SMTP Mail Server Help raspberry pi" without the quotation marks and the first link will take you to the discussion about the issue.
i have an issue any solution ? : Traceback (most recent call last): File "email.py", line 1, in import smtplib File "/usr/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 46, in import email.utils File "/home/pi/email.py", line 8, in header = 'To: ' + toAdd + ' ' + 'From: ' + FromAdd + ' ' + Subject NameError: name 'FromAdd' is not defined
Hi there, thanks for the tutorial, I have been able to send email using the echo method, but when I try to do it from your exact script, I get this; "Traceback (most recent call last): File "myemail.py", line 1, in import smtplib File "/usr/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 46, in import email.utils File "/home/pi/email.py", line 19, in except SMTPException: NameError: name 'SMTPException' is not defined" I thought I had updated my system, what am I missing? Thanks in advance! Kenny.
Do you think it'd be possible to wire up and program a zero w pi to be a laser trip wire that when activated could use this code to send an email alert?
Hi Gaven, I've got a lot out of your videos with my new RPi. Thanks! On this video, I think you forgot to show the first line which seems to be "import smtplib" When I added that to the script, everything worked great. Thanks!
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now its 2016 is this method still working for anyone i cant get it working :/
Let guess...something about a non-zero status? If so, after digging A LOT I found that you have to go to your gmail account settings, click "connected apps & sites, then at the bottom enable the "allow less secure apps" Worked like a champ for me. Good luck!
+mb34124 that's annoying I'm sure. I had the same issue as well but it turns out I had a misspelled word and missing a quotation mark. Double check your typing. Also note, sometimes the gmail servers may not be as quick as we would like. At times after running the script it would take 2-3+ minutes before the email would send. Sorry about your troubles, good luck.
I got this to work by looking at the wiki. Google search for ssmtp wiki. Follow the instructions exactly. Make sure you save ssmtp.conf without spelling mistakes. It works for me without giving my host name. I opened port 25 on my cable modem but that might not have been a problem. This on a Raspberry Pi.
Press ctrl-x to exit nano, which will give you a chance to save the file. Check out my video on running Python on the Raspberry Pi if you want to see a little more detail.
Hi nice tutorial. how to send every most recent file. for example I have a temperature logs of a templogger.py that logs periodically and creating new file and I want to send the most recent logs created? thanks
When I try to send a mail from the terminal I get two errors: Cannot open mailer and cannot send message. But I do have installed SMTP and configured my account.
Hello - I tried sending from python script and got this: File "piemail.py", line 11 header = 'To: ' + toAdd + ' ' + 'From: ' fromAdd + ' ' + 'Subject: ' + subject I was wondering if you saw the syntax error - I cannot! Thanks for any help
UPDATE: Google has some tough security measures. 1) Create a second account to play around with, you don't want your email to be nuked or destroyed or frozen. 2) Allow "less secure applications" to log into your account" with google settings. 3) Do not send out too many email messages, or google with think you are an email spam company and will freeze, block your account, don't overdue this. 4) Respond back to some of your own emails, so the spam filter won't think it is repetitive spam.
Great tutorial. I had to modify the port for it to work for me. To send from the shell, I had to use mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:465 in the ssmtp.conf file. But in the python script, I had to use s = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com',587) I don't know why though.
The following packages have unmet dependencies: bind9-host : Depends: libbind9-80 (= 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libdns88 (= 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libisc84 (= 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libisccfg82 (= 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-1) but it is not going to be installed
Thank you a lot for the video. The script was not working but then I just changed my settings for "enable less secure apps on the link below and got the email " www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps"
I had the same issue. I found that you have to go to your gmail account settings, click "connected apps & sites, then at the bottom enable the "allow less secure apps" Worked like a champ for me. Good luck!
Dear respected sir, Hope you are in good health with success and happiness. I'm facing a problem and not getting any solution. I'm trying to Configure Raspberry Pi Hardware to Mail IP Address Changes. But when I execute /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf in Command Line session, It showing that -bash: /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf : Permission denied PLEASE COULD YOU HELP ME how to solve the issue?
Sounds maby dumb but try sudo apt-get update first. This will update the database from where the Pi gets it's pakages. I copy pasted the command and hab absolutely no problems at all.
For anyone, who is having problem (cannot send message: Process exited with a non-zero status) visit. www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=244147 this helped me. I hope, that it will help you too.
This was brilliant! Just got R-pi for Christmas and wanted to do coding. Found this video and thought I would try it. Had some trouble getting the files, but it was because of spelling errors. I had to debug a few times because of double key presses but it was worth seeing the email come into my email account! THANKS!
I'm already using ssmtp with errors. This tutorial fix the problem! Now it works fine. Thank you! You make good tutorials, clealy explained.
Good to hear the proper solution! I guess when in doubt, do an update/upgrade or just install the latest version of Raspbian.
followed instructions to the T and had it working right out of the gate. Thanks Gaven! Liked and Subscribed!
Good question. I'll make a short video in the next few days on how to extend this for sending a text to a phone.
When I am using the terminal to send an e-mail I always get the notification:
mail: cannot send message: Process exited with a non-zero status
I'm getting this error as well, on a fresh, updated installation. Anyone have a fix?
Also, if body of email ends with an exclamation point, like "Hello Email Test!" I get this error:
bash: !": event not found
Try and change your password to make bit simple without any larger symbols, this fixed it for me.
For anyone with this issue: Google may have blocked your attempt. It sees this method as a security issue. Go into your google settings and lower your security for this to work.
Ok. But what i have to do in the settings?
This happened to me as well but i remedeed this by getting a new raspbery pi b3+
Thank you! Works like a charm, and the shell command I use in Crontab ;)
I LOVE YOU.. Trying was more than 6 hours without sleep how to do this. And thank you I did it
Great Video, very simple but extremely effective and useful.
Very helpful, thank you. Also, thanks to Terry Gold for pointing out that "import smtplib" needed to be added to the script - it didn't work until I added this.
would it be possible to send an image file aswell if so how would i be able to do that. thanks
Works perfectly! Thank you very much!
Thanks Gaven you are a genius
Great info! Any idea how you could get an sms or push notification from the pi?
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Amazing tutorial! Perfectly works! Subscribed!
Very useful, thank you. I will use this in a project with RFID access control.
would you happen to know how to add an attachment, or a picture from a camera as an attachment to the email, very helpful video btw
worked for me right off the bat. I created a ghost gmail account that I can use to send emails so that even if my rpi gets hacked, there's not much to lose, since there is no private information in that account anyway.
Hmm .. I haven't encountered that issue. It sounds like something is blocking the connection, so you may want to check your firewall settings.
If that doesn't work, Google "Cannot open smtp.gmail.com:587" and you'll find several sites discussing the issue. Hope that helps.
Thanks very much! Works!
I've heard of someone having that problem and it had to do with the password in the config file. That person changed their gmail password and it fixed the problem. Anyway, just google "SMTP Mail Server Help raspberry pi" without the quotation marks and the first link will take you to the discussion about the issue.
Thank you, it worked perfect
Just what I needed!
Do you have any videos on how I can set up my temp module to send me an email once it gets to a certain temperature? Thanks!
pretty good , nice job
i have an issue any solution ? : Traceback (most recent call last):
File "email.py", line 1, in
import smtplib
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 46, in
import email.utils
File "/home/pi/email.py", line 8, in
header = 'To: ' + toAdd + '
' + 'From: ' + FromAdd + '
' + Subject
NameError: name 'FromAdd' is not defined
This is pretty cool.
Hi there,
thanks for the tutorial, I have been able to send email using the echo method, but when I try to do it from your exact script, I get this;
"Traceback (most recent call last):
File "myemail.py", line 1, in
import smtplib
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 46, in
import email.utils
File "/home/pi/email.py", line 19, in
except SMTPException:
NameError: name 'SMTPException' is not defined"
I thought I had updated my system, what am I missing?
Thanks in advance!
Kenny.
Do you think it'd be possible to wire up and program a zero w pi to be a laser trip wire that when activated could use this code to send an email alert?
Hi Gaven, I've got a lot out of your videos with my new RPi. Thanks! On this video, I think you forgot to show the first line which seems to be "import smtplib" When I added that to the script, everything worked great. Thanks!
now its 2016 is this method still working for anyone i cant get it working :/
Let guess...something about a non-zero status?
If so, after digging A LOT I found that you have to go to your gmail account settings, click "connected apps & sites, then at the bottom enable the "allow less secure apps"
Worked like a champ for me. Good luck!
+mb34124 that's annoying I'm sure. I had the same issue as well but it turns out I had a misspelled word and missing a quotation mark. Double check your typing. Also note, sometimes the gmail servers may not be as quick as we would like. At times after running the script it would take 2-3+ minutes before the email would send.
Sorry about your troubles, good luck.
does not work for me... 2017 now and that is not a solution anymore. :( im trying to use a different third party mailing service.
June 2018 - works perfectly from the command line once I did as suggested above : "Allow less secure apps: ON"
thanks for the great Tutorial
Thank you a lot
Hello, what line should I add to send a file in my email?
MrTheben99 echo "message content" | mail -s "subject" account@email.com -a file.zip
is this line suppose to be in the terminal or in the python script?
I got this to work by looking at the wiki. Google search for ssmtp wiki. Follow the instructions exactly. Make sure you save ssmtp.conf without spelling mistakes. It works for me without giving my host name. I opened port 25 on my cable modem but that might not have been a problem. This on a Raspberry Pi.
How i can i conect this file with my motion sensor?
Press ctrl-x to exit nano, which will give you a chance to save the file. Check out my video on running Python on the Raspberry Pi if you want to see a little more detail.
Hi my requests library stopped working after this config. What I need to do?
Error - Urllib3 not found
how do I get motion to send a pic when motion is detected?
Hi nice tutorial. how to send every most recent file. for example I have a temperature logs of a templogger.py that logs periodically and creating new file and I want to send the most recent logs created? thanks
hi! can you help me how to add some codes in sending an image to the email? thank you :)
When I try to send a mail from the terminal I get two errors: Cannot open mailer and cannot send message. But I do have installed SMTP and configured my account.
Can you send files?
Hello - I tried sending from python script and got this: File "piemail.py", line 11
header = 'To: ' + toAdd + '
' + 'From: ' fromAdd + '
' + 'Subject: ' + subject
I was wondering if you saw the syntax error - I cannot! Thanks for any help
+Thomas G you're missing + before fromAdd
UPDATE: Google has some tough security measures. 1) Create a second account to play around with, you don't want your email to be nuked or destroyed or frozen. 2) Allow "less secure applications" to log into your account" with google settings. 3) Do not send out too many email messages, or google with think you are an email spam company and will freeze, block your account, don't overdue this. 4) Respond back to some of your own emails, so the spam filter won't think it is repetitive spam.
Hi, looks cool, but how to attach a file i.e: a picture? Cheers.
I always get an error in line 24: smtplib.SMTPException SMTP AUTH extension not supported by server.
How to send an Image? could you please do a video on that please
Great tutorial. I had to modify the port for it to work for me. To send from the shell, I had to use
mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:465
in the ssmtp.conf file.
But in the python script, I had to use
s = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com',587)
I don't know why though.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
bind9-host : Depends: libbind9-80 (= 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libdns88 (= 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libisc84 (= 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libisccfg82 (= 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-1) but it is not going to be installed
it is saying that mail command not found
how can we attach image with mail??
I would also like to know this. How would we attach images to the email.
How do you Receive an email? please make a vider it would be very helpful. i couldn't find anything online on how to receive one.
Thx, but my pi says 'Cannot open smtp.gmail.com:587
Not working for me
Thank you a lot for the video. The script was not working but then I just changed my settings for "enable less secure apps on the link below and got the email
" www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps"
when I send the mail it appears 535, '5.7.8 Error authentification failed HELP PLEASE!!!
Jaime Valera same problem here
Did all that was in that discussion, but didn't help... I just reinstalled Raspberian and everything worked fine :)
Can you tel me how to upload a test file to a web server using pi?
can you do a video tutorial on that. thank you
Getting error. "mail: can not send message: Process exited with a non zero status." Any help anyone?
I had the same issue. I found that you have to go to your gmail account settings, click "connected apps & sites, then at the bottom enable the "allow less secure apps"
Worked like a champ for me. Good luck!
Kyle Leser thankyou now I got it working
Dear respected sir, Hope you are in good health with success and happiness.
I'm facing a problem and not getting any solution. I'm trying to Configure Raspberry Pi Hardware to Mail IP Address Changes. But when I execute /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf in Command Line session, It showing that -bash: /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf : Permission denied
PLEASE COULD YOU HELP ME how to solve the issue?
send-mail: Authorization failed :(
nice video dude. 2k17 and it works... at least for me
do you know why the sudo apt-get install ssmtp mailutils is saying the the Url takes you to a 404 error and it couldn't fetch the file
Sounds maby dumb but try sudo apt-get update first. This will update the database from where the Pi gets it's pakages. I copy pasted the command and hab absolutely no problems at all.
Had not hab
what is ?
send-mail: Cannot open mailhub:25
For anyone, who is having problem (cannot send message: Process exited with a non-zero status) visit. www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=244147 this helped me. I hope, that it will help you too.
This video is dated.
Did you get output
how can we add a hyperlink inside a word for the body??
thank you very much.
How do I include a file in attachment?
How do i stop cron from sending me error emails?