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Gmail API Error from Code Sample – a bytes-like object is required, not ‘str’

September 17, 2023 by Tarik

Found a solution, replace this line: return {‘raw’: base64.urlsafe_b64encode(message.as_string())} with: return {‘raw’: base64.urlsafe_b64encode(message.as_string().encode()).decode()} Notice added .encode() and .decode() method calls. First, str object is encoded to bytes object – base64.urlsafe_b64encode requires it in Python 3 (compared to str object in Python 2). Then, the base64 encoded bytes object must be decoded back to str. This … Read more

Setting up a no-reply email address with Google Apps [closed]

September 16, 2023 by Tarik

Yes, you should setup a separate noreply address on your email server. There are excellent reasons why you should set up a no-reply email address. Why is it important to have a no-reply on bulk emails? Many of the recipients of the email will try to hit ‘reply’ and they will have a multitude of … Read more

Is there an alternative google-apps for mail? [closed]

September 14, 2023 by Tarik

I’m basically looking for alternatives too and so far I can only recommend Zoho Mail: http://www.zoho.com/mail/ http://www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html They have a lite version supporting 5 email accounts. Update: as of 2014-11-18, Zoho’s lite version now has 10 email accounts and Zoho has improved quite substantially. They now have mobile apps to access Zoho emails (very important … Read more

Send webhook upon sending or receipt of email

September 4, 2023 by Tarik

After some research the best solution I could find was to use the gmail API To achieve the functionality that zapier offers you would have to have a service or something polling google and querying the status of a users in box. There are also a couple of ways to trigger calls to code, but … Read more

Force emails not to be grouped into conversations

September 1, 2023 by Tarik

On the top of my head, there are two methods to avoid threading: set the SMTP header X-Entity-Ref-ID with any value. This is what Google+ notifications do. change the sender email (you can use From: info+randomstring@example.com). This is what Facebook notifications do. The threading will be made if you force it with Reference or Reply-To.

Gmail: 530 5.5.1 Authentication Required. Learn more at

August 31, 2023 by Tarik

Get to your Gmail account’s security settings and set permissions for “Less secure apps” to Enabled. Worked for me.

Gmail Email Table Spacing

August 29, 2023 by Tarik

I’ve actually run into this problem a lot recently. The code we found that works best (read: looks consistent in the most mail clients) is the following: <img src=”###” style=”display: block;” /> Just add the display: block to every image and it fixes the problem.

Android EditText Gmail like to field

August 25, 2023 by Tarik

This technique — referred to as “chips” — is discussed by Roman Nurik in a Google+ post. He, in turn, points to Macarse’s answer here on StackOverflow. They, in turn, point to the implementation of this UI that you see in the stock messaging client.

Django SMTPAuthenticationError

August 20, 2023 by Tarik

A relatively recent change in Google’s authentication system means you’re going to have to “allow less secure app access” to your Google account, in order for this to work. In your error, you are recommended to visit this link: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754 On that page: Step #2 asks you to try Displaying an Unlock Captcha Step #3 … Read more

I am creating an email spammer, for an outstanding cause [closed]

August 18, 2023 by Tarik

I have a few suggestions for you. The first one relies on The Onion Router also known as Tor. Since you are crossing to the dark side, why not also take a look into the darknet? Take a look at this list of Tor email providers. If you have your own email server that can … Read more