title: Cant send email via python using gmail - smtplib.SMTPException: SMTP AUTH extension not supported by server
body: <p>I just want to send an email in python with an attachment</p>
  
  <pre><code>import smtplib, os
  from email.MIMEMultipart import MIMEMultipart
  from email.MIMEBase import MIMEBase
  from email.MIMEText import MIMEText
  from email.Utils import COMMASPACE, formatdate
  from email import Encoders
  
  def send_mail(send_from, send_to, subject, text, files=[], server="localhost"):
      assert type(send_to)==list
      assert type(files)==list
  
      msg = MIMEMultipart()
      msg['From'] = send_from
      msg['To'] = COMMASPACE.join(send_to)
      msg['Date'] = formatdate(localtime=True)
      msg['Subject'] = subject
  
      msg.attach( MIMEText(text) )
  
      for f in files:
          part = MIMEBase('application', "octet-stream")
          part.set_payload( open(f,"rb").read() )
          Encoders.encode_base64(part)
          part.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="%s"' % os.path.basename(f))
          msg.attach(part)
  
      smtp = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')
      smtp.login('fu@gmail.com','fu')
      smtp.sendmail(send_from, send_to, msg.as_string())
      smtp.close()
  
  ATTACHMENTS = ['/tmp/2013-11-04-test.csv']
  send_from=['fu@gmail.com']
  send_to=['fu@gmail.com']
  subject='adfadfadf'
  text = 'adfadfadf'
  send_mail(send_from, send_to, subject, text, files=ATTACHMENTS)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How do I auth? I have to provide a username and password.  How?</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/home/ubuntu/workspace/miliza-devops/classes/utilities.py", line 133, in &lt;module&gt;
      send_mail(send_from, send_to, subject, text, files=ATTACHMENTS)
    File "/home/ubuntu/workspace/miliza-devops/classes/utilities.py", line 124, in send_mail
      smtp.login('fu@gmail.com','fu')
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 576, in login
      raise SMTPException("SMTP AUTH extension not supported by server.")
  smtplib.SMTPException: SMTP AUTH extension not supported by server.
  </code></pre>