Glossary · Phase 0 · Tools
SMTP
The protocol programs use to hand email to a mail server for delivery.
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Texts interrupt people and cost money per message, so save them for what's urgent and short. Everything else is an email, and some things shouldn't be sent at all.
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Sending email and text messages · EmailMessage, smtplib, mail merge and an SMS API, with secrets kept out of code. About 40 minutes.
Other terms from the same lesson
- app password: A separate password a mail provider gives one program, which can only send mail and can be canceled at any time.
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