Thanks Amyth, Can you please see my reply to Dennis. I have further explained it there what i am exactly looking for ...
On Friday, August 31, 2012 9:00:06 AM UTC+3, Amyth wrote: > > Using pure python scripts with django is not all that difficult, as django > itself is a python package. So , you can simply have a custom script > "mailserver.py" (or whatever name) and you import the script to your views > and simply call the functions from your custom script under the respective > user request. For Example: > > Custom Script = mailserver.py > def sendWelcomeEmail(to, from): > """ Function to send a > Welcome email to First Time Subscribers. > """ > > Django App's Views.py > from django.http import HttpResponse > import mailserver > > def firstTimers(request): > usermail = request.POST['email'] > mailserver.sendWelcome(useremail, 'myn...@mydomain.com <javascript:>') > success = '<html><body><h1>Mail Sent.</h1></body></html>' > return HttpResponse(success) > > On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber > <wlf...@ix.netcom.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:45:20 -0700 (PDT), Muhammed Salman >> <salman...@gmail.com <javascript:>> declaimed the following in >> gmane.comp.python.django.user: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > I am new to python and django development and have developed a simple >> email >> > based authentication form as a part of an exercise. Now, i have two >> > questions >> >> I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "email based >> authentication form" >> >> Taken literally, to me it implies that you have a template email >> in >> which someone fills out fields and sends it to "you", whereupon you will >> take the information in the email, validate it, record it in some user >> database, and email back some random account name and password. >> >> Or it could mean you are supposed to have a web-page for users to >> register, you record their name, password, and email address in a >> database but do not activate it yet, then send an email to them with >> instructions that they reply to it if they are really the person who >> attempted to register. Then when you receive the reply you match it >> against the database and activate the account. >> >> > >> > 1: The requirement from me for this exercise was to create it without >> any >> > frameworks but i started it with django so its easier initially and >> indeed >> >> Mistake #1 -- the time spent developing in Django could have been >> spent studying the core Python library, which is what your "without any >> frameworks" indicates. >> >> > it was.So, can someone please tell how to move from this point. I mean >> if >> >> Obviously, by starting over from scratch. >> >> > the email authentication has to be done purely in Python (so that it >> works >> > like "python server.py") how difficult it is and what could be a few >> good >> > resources to get start with that. >> >> Are you supposed to implement an SMTP daemon to receive/deliver >> email messages, or only periodically read inbound email from a POP3 >> mailbox? >> >> I'd suggest you start with the documentation for your version of >> Pyhthon... In particular the "Python Standard Library" manual. Try the >> chapter on "Internet Protocols and Support" (in my copy, for Python 2.7, >> this is chapter 20), SimpleHTTPServer (20.19) and CGIHTTPServer (20.20), >> poplib (20.9), smtplib (20.12), maybe smtpd (20.13). >> >> On top of that, the chapter on "Internet Data Handling" (chapter >> 18 >> in my copy), email (18.1), mailbox (18.4) >> >> "Data Persistance" (11), sqlite3 (11.13) >> >> If you need a more capable server than the two mentioned above, >> check the chapter "Interprocess Communication" (17), asyncore (17.6) >> >> >> > 2: I also have a time deadline for this. So if i am not able to do it >> > purely with python which packages/files/folders should i send to the >> > teacher and what instructions shall i wrote in the readme to make sure >> that >> > my application run on his machine with the least fuss. >> >> I would think the instructor wouldn't have given you a "no >> frameworks" requirement if they expect assignments to have dependencies >> on outside packages. >> -- >> Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN >> wlf...@ix.netcom.com <javascript:> >> HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to django...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> django-users...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Thanks & Regards > ---------------------------- > > Amyth [Admin - Techstricks] > Email - aroras....@gmail.com <javascript:>, ad...@techstricks.com<javascript:> > Twitter - @a_myth_________ > http://techstricks.com/ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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