[Tutor] Variables in email addresses

[Oliver Mercer-Deadman]

Hi I am a complete newbie but am hoping to learn some python for a
particular project. Before I hurl myself in I would like to know if a key
element is going to be possible.

I will need to be able to use a variable as the username in an email
address. E.G.

username = Input("Enter Something: ")

Then later when sending email with SMTP
to_addr = '***@mycompany.com'

I realise that it is probably not correct, I am only in the foothills, but
in principal can it be done?

Thanks,
Ozzy
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[Laura Creighton]

Post by Oliver Mercer-Deadman
Hi I am a complete newbie but am hoping to learn some python for a
particular project. Before I hurl myself in I would like to know if a key
element is going to be possible.
I will need to be able to use a variable as the username in an email
address. E.G.
username = Input("Enter Something: ")
Then later when sending email with SMTP
I realise that it is probably not correct, I am only in the foothills, but
in principal can it be done?
Thanks,
Ozzy

You can do this. Works great. Note, you will want to be using the
smtplib that is part of the Python standard library and not write
all of the code for talking to SMTP yourself. Somebody else has
already done this for you.

Interesting tutorial here:
http://pymotw.com/2/smtplib/
But be warned, this uses Python 2 syntax, not Python 3.

Laura

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[Joel Goldstick]

Post by Laura Creighton

Post by Oliver Mercer-Deadman
Hi I am a complete newbie but am hoping to learn some python for a
particular project. Before I hurl myself in I would like to know if a key
element is going to be possible.
I will need to be able to use a variable as the username in an email
address. E.G.
username = Input("Enter Something: ")
Then later when sending email with SMTP
I realise that it is probably not correct, I am only in the foothills, but
in principal can it be done?

If the user input value is just the name, then you need to concatinate

Post by Laura Creighton

Post by Oliver Mercer-Deadman
Thanks,
Ozzy

You can do this. Works great. Note, you will want to be using the
smtplib that is part of the Python standard library and not write
all of the code for talking to SMTP yourself. Somebody else has
already done this for you.
http://pymotw.com/2/smtplib/
But be warned, this uses Python 2 syntax, not Python 3.
Laura
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