How to send an email using python after Google’s policy update on not allowing just username and password?

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Here is a more precise answer with all the main steps. I hope it will help other people.

  1. Log in into your email account: https://myaccount.google.com

  2. Then go to the security part

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Be sure that you have turn on two steps verification and click on “App password”

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  1. After select email and the corresponding device

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  1. It will generate a password that will look like this; it is this password that you have to use in your python script.

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  1. This password will appear here; in this place, you will have the option to erase it (so it will be no longer be useful to connect to your email account).

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Hope it will help other people!

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