Specify a sender when sending mail with Python (smtplib)

Question

I have a very simple piece of code (just for testing):

import smtplib
import time

server = \'smtp.myprovider.com\'
recipients = [\'johndoe@somedomain.com\']         


        

Answer 1

smtplib doesn't automatically include a From: header, so you have to put one in yourself:

message = 'From: me@example.com\nSubject: [PGS]: Results\n\nBlaBlaBla'

(In fact, smtplib doesn't include any headers automatically, but just sends the text that you give it as a raw message)