I am trying to send some emails from an iCloud email address using the code below:
import smtplib
def main():
smtp_obj = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.mail.me.com', 587)
smtp_obj.starttls()
smtp_obj.login('user@icloud.com', 'password')
pairs = {'name_1': 'email_1@gmail.com', 'name_2': 'email_2@gmail.com'}
try:
for name in pairs.keys():
body = 'hi {}'.format(name)
print('Sending email to {}...'.format(name))
send_status = smtp_obj.sendmail(smtp_obj.user, pairs.get(name), body)
if send_status != {}:
print('There was a problem sending mail to {}.\n{}'.format(name, send_status))
except smtplib.SMTPDataError:
print('Sending email to {} failed.'.format(name))
finally:
smtp_obj.quit()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
However, when I run this, I only get an SMTPDataError, saying,
smtplib.SMTPDataError: (550, b'5.7.0 From address is not one of your addresses')
I've tried hardcoding different addresses. When I use my address, I get this. When I use an address I know to be wrong, the error message also prints out the invalid email (which this account would have no way to access - for instance, listing an un-logged-into gmail address to see what happens).
Does anyone know what's going on here?
Thanks!
I solved this problem. As it turns out, the "from" and "to" addresses must be provided as part of the message body for icloud to send the email.
The code segment I was missing is the following:
try:
for name in pairs.keys():
msg = ('From: {}\r\nTo: {}\r\n\r\nHi, {}'.format(smtp_obj.user,
pairs.get(name),
name))
print('Sending email to {} at {}...'.format(name, pairs.get(name)))
send_status = smtp_obj.sendmail(from_addr=smtp_obj.user,
to_addrs=pairs.get(name),
msg=msg)
if send_status != {}:
print('There was a problem sending mail to {}.\n{}'.format(name, send_status))
finally:
smtp_obj.quit()