email

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Standalone email package version 4.0.2. Originally part of Python's stdlib, now available as a standalone backport with improvements for modern Python. Provides classes for parsing, generating, and sending email messages, including MIME support. Release cadence is low (latest 4.0.2 from 2024).

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pip install email

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communicationpythonv4.0.2

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glibc

3.9–3.13

musl

3.9–3.13

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

tested against v? · pip install

Install × environment matrix

Each cell = how many times install + import succeeded across repeated harness runs. Partial = flaky.
glibc = Debian/Ubuntu slim · musl = Alpine Linux

musl

py 3.10–3.95 runs

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glibc

py 3.10–3.95 runs

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Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

Message

✓ from email.message import EmailMessage

✗ from email import Message

Direct import of 'Message' from 'email' module is wrong; use EmailMessage or MIMEText.

MIMEText

✓ from email.mime.text import MIMEText

✗ from email import MIMEText

MIMEText is in email.mime.text, not top-level email.

Create and print a simple email message using EmailMessage.

from email.message import EmailMessage msg = EmailMessage() msg.set_content('Hello, world!') msg['Subject'] = 'Test' msg['From'] = 'you@example.com' msg['To'] = 'recipient@example.com' print(msg.as_string())

Debug

Known issues

breakingIn Python 3.6+, the 'email' stdlib module changed significantly. The standalone 'email' package (backport) may conflict with stdlib imports. Prefer using stdlib unless you need features from the backport.

fix

If you are using Python 3.6+, avoid installing the standalone 'email' package unless necessary, as it can shadow the stdlib module.

affects: >=4.0.0

deprecatedThe old 'email.Message' class is deprecated. Use 'email.message.EmailMessage' instead.

fix

Replace 'from email.Message import Message' with 'from email.message import EmailMessage'.

affects: >=4.0.0

gotchaWhen setting email headers, do not use the 'Message.__setitem__' method directly for multiple headers of the same name (e.g., 'Received'). Use 'Message.add_header' to add multiple values.

fix

Use msg.add_header('Received', 'from localhost') for repeated headers.

affects: all

gotchaWhen attaching binary files, ensure you handle encoding correctly. For Python 3, use 'email.mime.base.MIMEBase' with 'Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64'.

fix

Example: part = MIMEBase('application', 'octet-stream'); part.set_payload(data); encode_base64(part).

affects: all

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Version history

4.0.2latest on PyPI · released Apr 25, 2007

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