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Trying to send email through python and getting error with socket

This is my code

import smtplib
from datetime import datetime

print("Sending Mail")
with smtplib.SMTP('smpt.gmail.com', 587) as smtp:
    smtp.ehlo()
    smtp.starttls()
    smtp.ehlo()
    
    smtp.login('gmail', 'password')
    print("Logged In")

    subject = "Current Time: " + datetime.now.strftime("%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S")

    smtp.sendmail('[email protected]', '[email protected]', "hello")
    print("Sent Email")

I'm trying to send an email through gmail using smtplib, this is the error I get:

Sending Mail
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:/Users/12488/Downloads/Key Logger/keylog.py", line 43, in <module>
    with smtplib.SMTP('smpt.gmail.com', 587) as smtp:
  File "C:\Users\12488\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\smtplib.py", line 253, in __init__
    (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
  File "C:\Users\12488\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\smtplib.py", line 339, in connect
    self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
  File "C:\Users\12488\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\smtplib.py", line 308, in _get_socket
    return socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout,
  File "C:\Users\12488\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\socket.py", line 787, in create_connection
    for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
  File "C:\Users\12488\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\socket.py", line 918, in getaddrinfo
    for res in _socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, family, type, proto, flags):
socket.gaierror: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed

I made sure less secure devices is checked on gmail but I haven't tried every solution on the internet because I'm new to python and this is my first time using smtp and I don't get a lot of them, I think this has something to do with socket because that's another popular python module from what I've read but I don't know much about it and I'm not sure, if anyone can simplify what is wrong and explain it to me like I'm a 5 year old, it would be greatly appreciated.

Solution

  • You're using an incorrect domain which is not being resolved by DNS servers.

    smpt.gmail.com

    should be:

    smtp.gmail.com