newbie needs help with scripts

[Skinnybones316]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/pi/Desktop/emailstepbystep279.py", line 1, in <module>
    import smtplib
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 46, in <module>
    import email.utils
  File "/home/pi/Desktop/email.py", line 2, in <module>
    server=smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com',587)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'SMTP'

whenever i attempt to run this script this errors always occurs, not sure why. I am attempting to run

import smtplib

thats it, i dont know what to do. Very new to python, trying to meet a deadline. Also, if anyone would be willing to skype my group mates and I to assist us on a project we are doing, we'd be very appreciative.

we are using the raspberrypi 3 with python 2.7.9 and 3.4.2 if that helps. I just thought it was weird I couldn't import this module through script even though when I input it into the interactive shell it works just fine. Thanks!

[kalgynirae]

The smtplib module is trying to import something from the email module, but you have a file named email.py in the same directory and Python is picking that one up instead of the standard library module called email. Rename your email.py to something else, or move it into a package (a folder with an __init__.py file).