How to send mail in hotmail using Python?

Question

Is there a way to login my hotmail account and send mails with a Python program?

Answer 1

You can try using their SMTP server:

• User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com
• Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live
• SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25) {Note: If port 25 has been blocked in your network or by your ISP, you can set SMTP port to 587 with TLS or SSL Encryption depending on the client in use}
• Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
• TLS/SSL required? Yes

Use smtplib to send mail. You can find some examples here.