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Send email with Outlook and Python

A simple example to send emails via Outlook and Python win32com.

import win32com.client

s = win32com.client.Dispatch("Mapi.Session")
o = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application")
s.Logon("Outlook2003")
    
Msg = o.CreateItem(0)
Msg.To = "recipient@domain.com"
    
Msg.CC = "more email addresses here"
Msg.BCC = "more email addresses here"
    
Msg.Subject = "The subject of you mail"
Msg.Body = "The main body text of you mail"
    
attachment1 = "Path to attachment no. 1"
attachment2 = "Path to attachment no. 2"
Msg.Attachments.Add(attachment1)
Msg.Attachments.Add(attachment2)
 
Msg.Send()

19 Replies to “Send email with Outlook and Python”

  1. I wrote code like this

    
import win32com.client as win32
import psutil
import os
import subprocess

# Drafting and sending email notification to senders. You can add other senders' email in the list
def send_notification():

    outlook = win32.Dispatch('Outlook.Application')

    mail = outlook.CreateItem(0x0)
    mail.To = 'abc@abc.com',
  #  mail.Subject = 'Sent through Python'
  #  mail.body = 'This email alert is auto generated. Please do not respond.'
  #  mail.send

def open_outlook():
    try:
        subprocess.call(['C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE'])
        os.system('C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE');
    except:
        print("Outlook didn't open successfully")

for item in psutil.pids():
    p = psutil.Process(item)
    if p.name() == "OUTLOOK.EXE":
        flag = 1
        break
    else:
        flag = 0

if (flag == 1):
    send_notification()
else:
    open_outlook()
    send_notification()

    and the error:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File “C:/Users/satz/PycharmProjects/PYWork/Sample/EmailSample1.py”, line 33, in
    send_notification()
    File “C:/Users/satz/PycharmProjects/PYWork/Sample/EmailSample1.py”, line 12, in send_notification
    mail.To = ‘abc@abc.com’,
    File “C:\Users\satz\PycharmProjects\PYWork\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py”, line 565, in __setattr__
    self._oleobj_.Invoke(entry.dispid, 0, invoke_type, 0, value)
    pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, ‘Exception occurred.’, (4096, u’Microsoft Outlook’, u’The object does not support this method.’, None, 0, -2147352567), None)

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  2. Hi,

    What if i want to change “from” of email?

    Do you know something like
    mail. from=”abc@..com” or mail.sender. None of them works for me.

    Reply

    2. You have to remove the comma at the end of ‘mailTo’-line. This is leading to the error you get.

      Reply

  3. Hi,
    My company using outlook mailer I want to sent mail for my corporate mail id (xys@company.com) using python.
    Please help me.

    Reply

    1. Hi Venkat,

      Any one responded to this query, i need answer to update in my script. please help me

      Reply

  5. com_error: (-2147352567, ‘Exception occurred.’, (4096, ‘Microsoft Outlook’, ‘Cannot add the attachment; no data source was provided.’, None, 0, -2147352567), None)

    I get this error message even though the path to the attachment is correct.

    Reply

  6. Use this

    import win32com.client as win32
outlook = win32.Dispatch('outlook.application')
mail = outlook.CreateItem(0)
mail.SentOnBehalfOfName = 'EMAIL'
mail.To = 'EMAIL'
mail.Subject = 'Message subject'
mail.Body = 'Message body'
mail.HTMLBody = 'HTML Message body' #this field is optional
# To attach a file to the email (optional):
attachment  = "Path to the attachment"
mail.Attachments.Add(attachment)

mail.Send()
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  9. Hey, what if i need to send the email to more than one accounts at the same time (not using a FOR loop to send it)

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  10. Thank you so much, Edson

    It works for me!

    Use this

    import win32com.client as win32
outlook = win32.Dispatch(‘outlook.application’)
mail = outlook.CreateItem(0)
mail.SentOnBehalfOfName = ‘EMAIL’
mail.To = ‘EMAIL’
mail.Subject = ‘Message subject’
mail.Body = ‘Message body’
mail.HTMLBody = ‘HTML Message body’ #this field is optional
# To attach a file to the email (optional):
attachment = “Path to the attachment”
mail.Attachments.Add(attachment)

mail.Send()
    Reply

  11. Great stuff, how to set confidentiality label (Azure information protection), like confidential, internal, restricted etc.? Thanks.

    mail.Sensitivity = 1

    mail.Confidentiality = “Internal”

    mail.Label = 1

    I tried all the 3, nothing seem to work

    Reply

  12. hi, any help on setting the confidentiality label (Azure information protection) values?
    I am also kinda stuck on this step.

    Reply

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