🔒 Does anyone know how to fix this error?

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@odd slate

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[tame osprey]

!pastebin the error message if its too long @odd slate

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[odd slate]

File "C:\Users\gregaryb\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\email\generator.py", line 115, in flatten
self._write(msg)
File "C:\Users\gregaryb\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\email\generator.py", line 180, in _write
self._dispatch(msg)
File "C:\Users\gregaryb\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\email\generator.py", line 217, in _dispatch
meth(msg)
File "C:\Users\gregaryb\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\email\generator.py", line 275, in _handle_multipart
g.flatten(part, unixfrom=False, linesep=self._NL)
File "C:\Users\gregaryb\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\email\generator.py", line 106, in flatten
old_msg_policy = msg.policy
^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'policy'

[tame osprey]

msg is a string

is it supposed to be a dict or something?

[odd slate]

SMTPObject.sendmail(strFromEmail, strEmail, RootEmailMsg.as_string())

RootEmailMsg.as_string() is causing it.

[tame osprey]

maybe don't set it as a string?

You can't upload files here

!pastebin your code

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Pasting large amounts of code

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[odd slate]

Tried that - that causes a different error

[tame osprey]

what error?

[odd slate]

If I could figure out how to put my code in here I would.

[tame osprey]

Use the pastebin

[odd slate]

Discord is being a pain in the arse

What pastebin? Where?

[tame osprey]

Read this ☝️

[odd slate]

So what do I do with that?

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After pasting your code, save it by clicking the Paste! button in the bottom left, or by pressing CTRL + S. After doing that, you will be navigated to the new paste's page. Copy the URL and post it here so others can see it.

[odd slate]

I hate it when programmers try to do fancy stuff and end up making a damn nuisance of themselves.

Ctrl S from where for god's sake?

[tame osprey]

If you just hit CTRL + S on that page, the page URL will change to something else

Copy that URL and paste it here

Mine looks like this: https://paste.pythondiscord.com/NRDQ

[odd slate]

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/INGA

How's that?

[tame osprey]

better

[odd slate]

Why can't you just paste a small amount of code in the post rather than go through that rigmaroll!

[tame osprey]

Except none of these lines do anything to the error message here ☝️

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You can paste "small amount of code" in the post. As long as its below 2000 characters

And make sure to use the Discord code format for better readability

[odd slate]

It wouldn't let me do it.

RootEmailMsg.as_string() That causes the error

So what am I doing wrong with setting up RootEmailMsg in that code?

[tame osprey]

What happens if you take away .as_string()?

[odd slate]

Get a different error

[tame osprey]

Can I see it?

[tame osprey]

Yeah I tried copying the code from this pastebin directly to Discord, its over 2000 characters.

[odd slate]

File "C:\Users\gregaryb\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\smtplib.py", line 177, in quote_periods
return re.sub(br'(?m)^.', b'..', bindata)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\gregaryb\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\re_init.py", line 186, in sub
return _compile(pattern, flags).sub(repl, string, count)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: expected string or bytes-like object, got 'MIMEMultipart'

[tame osprey]

I see

Yeah its supposed to send as_string()

So that's not where the problem is

[odd slate]

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/5SQQ

That is the entire code if it is any help.

[tame osprey]

No idea sorry

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