#100DaysOfCode in Python Transcripts
Chapter: Days 64-66: Sending emails with smtplib
Lecture: Your 3 day overview
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For the next few days, we're going to be working with
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sending emails with the SMTPLib.
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And to do that, we're going to break it down,
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obviously, across a couple of things.
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The first day is mainly preparation,
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and again, across both days, it's going to be a bit taxing,
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but just bear with it.
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So you'll need a Gmail account,
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and you'll need to obtain your Gmail application ID.
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There is a video on exactly how to do that,
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and it'll walk you through it from start to finish.
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Then, you're going to, pretty much still on Day 1,
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send an email with SMTPLib.
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So it's very cool, you get to send that email using code,
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so that's fantastic, all right?
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Day 2, you're going to actually
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make things a little bit nicer,
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and learn what you can about
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the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions module.
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So, you'll learn a couple of little things there,
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you'll also learn a little trick,
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which will allow you to maintain or honor your BCC rules.
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Okay, I'll explain that in the video, you'll find out.
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And lastly, Day 3, what I would like you to do is,
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now that you have your perfect
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basic email script, okay, and it works,
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I'd like you to start adding data to it.
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So figure out somewhere to pull the data from,
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it could be from a previous challenge
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in this entire 100 Days Of Code course, could be anything.
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But what I'd like you to do is
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get that data into an email and email it off to yourself.
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And that's it, so have fun, enjoy the next 3 days.
