Python SMTPLIB , SSL Library Error --> smtplib.SMTPAuthenticationError: (535, b'5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted)

Question

I got a problem with my python program. I Have entered the correct information about my email and password the program and the error is shown below

import smtplib, SSL email="[email protected]" password="my password" port = 465 context = ssl.create_default_context() server =smtplib.SMTP_SSL("smtp.gmail.com",port,context=context) server.login(email,password) message=" Hi I Am Belgin Android " sender_mail=email, receiver_email="[email protected]" server.sendmail(sender_mail,receiver_email,message)

Error:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:/Users/Belgin/Desktop/Python Coding/email_sending.py", line 10, in <module> server.login(email,password) File "G:\Python\lib\smtplib.py", line 734, in login raise last_exception File "G:\Python\lib\smtplib.py", line 723, in login (code, resp) = self.auth( File "G:\Python\lib\smtplib.py", line 646, in auth raise SMTPAuthenticationError(code, resp) smtplib.SMTPAuthenticationError: (535, b'5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at\n5.7.8 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials f21sm2590687pfn.71 - gsmtp')

did you follow all "Troubleshoot" tips in the link of the error message? Have you tried using your login data with a standalone email client? — Herbert Poul
– Herbert Poul, Commented Apr 30, 2020 at 8:02
and did it work? I tried your exact code (except ssl instead of SSL) after creating an app specific password at myaccount.google.com/apppasswords and everything just worked.. — Herbert Poul
– Herbert Poul, Commented Apr 30, 2020 at 8:43

Herbert Poul · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-30 10:00:21Z

To sum it up - I guess the problem was that Google does not allow you to log in with your default user password, especially (but not only) when using 2nd factor authentication. So for using the password for 3rd party apps it requires creating app specific passwords.

Yes Sir, Now It Worked .. I Enabled 2 Step Verification and App Password Got enabled and Now I can use it

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