How to add cc in python mail
To add a CC (Carbon Copy) recipient in Python using the smtplib
library, you can modify the msg
object before sending the email. Here's an example:
import smtplib
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
# Set up the email server
server = smtplib.SMTP('your_smtp_server', 587)
server.starttls()
server.login('your_email_username', 'your_email_password')
# Create the message
msg = MIMEMultipart()
msg['From'] = 'your_email_username'
msg['To'] = '[email protected]'
msg['Subject'] = 'Test email with CC'
# Add the CC recipient
cc_recipient = '[email protected]'
msg['CC'] = cc_recipient
# Add the email body
body = 'This is a test email with CC.'
msg.attach(MIMEText(body, 'plain'))
# Send the email
server.sendmail('your_email_username', ['[email protected]', cc_recipient], msg.as_string())
server.quit()
In this example, we create a MIMEMultipart
message object and set the From
, To
, and Subject
headers. We then add the CC recipient to the CC
header using the msg['CC']
attribute. Finally, we attach the email body using MIMEText
and send the email using server.sendmail
.
Note that the CC
header is not a standard header in the email.mime
library, so we need to use the msg['CC']
attribute to set it. Also, the sendmail
method takes three arguments: the sender's email address, the list of recipient email addresses (including the CC recipient), and the message body as a string.
Alternatively, you can use the yagmail
library, which provides a simpler way to send emails with CC recipients:
import yagmail
yag = yagmail.SMTP('your_email_username', 'your_email_password')
yag.send('[email protected]', 'Test email with CC', 'This is a test email with CC.', cc='[email protected]')
In this example, we create a yagmail
object and use the send
method to send the email. We pass the recipient's email address, the subject, the email body, and the CC recipient as arguments.