import error in python

Question

I get the following error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "myemail.py", line 1, in <module>
  import smtplib
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/smtplib.py", line 46, in <module>
  import email.utils
File "/home/nikhil/Desktop/bujji/email.py", line 2, in <module>
ImportError: No module named MIMEMultipart

when i run the code example

I tried to google out the error but nothing worked.

Answer 1

You've stomped on the email package in the stdlib by naming a script email.py. Rename it.

Answer 2

Don't have enough reputation to comment on Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams's answer but make sure that not only do you remove email.py put also things like email.py~ and email.pyc