Python How to send email without having this error

Question

I have included the screenshot of output. Please help me solve this issue.

input

import smtplib
conn = smtplib.SMTP('imap.gmail.com',587)
conn.ehlo()
conn.starttls()
conn.login('example@gmail.com', 'password')

conn.sendmail('example@gmail.com','emaple2@gmail.com','Subject: What you like? \n\n Reply Reply Reply')
conn.quit()

output

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "E:\python\openCV\email.py", line 3, in <module>
    import smtplib
  File "C:\Users\loges\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\smtplib.py", line 47, in <module>
    import email.utils
  File "E:\python\openCV\email.py", line 4, in <module>
    conn = smtplib.SMTP('imap.gmail.com',587)
AttributeError: module 'smtplib' has no attribute 'SMTP'

Answer 1

Your file is called email.py . A standard Python library module with the same name is used by smtplib . As a result, smtplib imports your file instead of the standard module. Solution: rename your file.