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polernon · Nov 14th, 2005, 11:43 PM

Hello I am trying to write a python program that will send my log files to my email. Does python have a library that supports sending email? thanks

andro · Nov 15th, 2005, 12:12 AM

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-smtplib.html

It's like, woah. Very first link on google too.

coldDeath · Nov 15th, 2005, 1:23 AM

I've done this before, it was pretty cool.
I used smtplib to send mail and poplib to recieve it.
If you want to practice with it, use the Python shell.

polernon · Nov 15th, 2005, 12:06 PM

Thanks for the help, I think the reason I didn't find it on google was because I wasn't sure what I was looking for. I got caught up on the gmail and msn libraries and expected something similar for general email.

Klipt · Dec 8th, 2005, 1:33 PM

Their example doesn't work on the machine I'm on at the moment - it's WinXP, could it be due to security settings?

Quote:

>>> server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "C:\Python24\lib\smtplib.py", line 241, in __init__
(code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
File "C:\Python24\lib\smtplib.py", line 303, in connect
raise socket.error, msg
socket.error: (10061, 'Connection refused')

Sane · Dec 8th, 2005, 6:06 PM

For the code: "smtplib.SMTP('localhost')", you need 'localhost' to be a mail server that you have working.

Mine for example, was a free account I setup at www.nerdshack.com, it worked very nicely. And I could recieve all the emails simply from Thunderbird/Outlook Explorer.

In that case, 'localhost' is replaced by: 'mail.nerdshack.com:2525'

Klipt · Dec 9th, 2005, 8:15 AM

Ah, so you have to have a server address and port number

now it works, thanks.

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Nov 15th, 2005, 12:12 AM	#2
andro Professional Programmer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: California Posts: 312 Rep Power: 3	http://docs.python.org/lib/module-smtplib.html It's like, woah. Very first link on google too.

Nov 15th, 2005, 12:06 PM	#4
polernon Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: USA Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for the help, I think the reason I didn't find it on google was because I wasn't sure what I was looking for. I got caught up on the gmail and msn libraries and expected something similar for general email.

Dec 8th, 2005, 6:06 PM	#6
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 1,888 Rep Power: 5	For the code: "smtplib.SMTP('localhost')", you need 'localhost' to be a mail server that you have working. Mine for example, was a free account I setup at www.nerdshack.com, it worked very nicely. And I could recieve all the emails simply from Thunderbird/Outlook Explorer. In that case, 'localhost' is replaced by: 'mail.nerdshack.com:2525'

Dec 9th, 2005, 8:15 AM	#7
Klipt Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 118 Rep Power: 0	Ah, so you have to have a server address and port number now it works, thanks.

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