Rama, I use the following function (adapted from examples I've found) to send mail with one attachment. It should be easy to adapt it to take multiple attachments, but it requires a fairly recent Python.
Hope this helps. Reggie Dugard Merfin, LLC def send_attachment(to_addrs, from_addr, subject, attachment, filename, subtype='octet-stream', smtp_server='default.mail.server'): from email.MIMEMultipart import MIMEMultipart from email.MIMEBase import MIMEBase from email.Utils import COMMASPACE, formatdate from email import Encoders msg = MIMEMultipart() msg['To'] = COMMASPACE.join(to_addrs) msg['From'] = from_addr msg['Date'] = formatdate(localtime=True) msg['Subject'] = subject part = MIMEBase('application', subtype) part.set_payload(attachment) Encoders.encode_base64(part) part.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="%s"' % filename) msg.attach(part) smtplib.SMTP(smtp_server).sendmail(from_addr, to_addrs, msg.as_string()) On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 13:22 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am using the below piece of code to send attachments. But the > attachments are being inlined. They do not arrive as attachments. I would > like to send multiple attachments. > > Anyhelp is appreciated. > > import sys, smtplib, MimeWriter, base64, StringIO > def SendMailExt(self): > REQUEST = self.REQUEST > FILE = REQUEST.form['fileget'] > message = StringIO.StringIO() > writer = MimeWriter.MimeWriter(message) > writer.addheader('Subject', 'TEST REQUEST FROM ATT') > writer.startmultipartbody('mixed') > > # start off with a text/plain part > part = writer.nextpart() > body = part.startbody('text/plain') > body.write('This is a test mail from Auto Test Tool :)') > > # now add an image part > part = writer.nextpart() > part.addheader('Content-Transfer-Encoding', 'base64') > body = part.startbody('text/plain') > base64.encode(open(FILE.filename, 'rb'), body) > > # finish off > writer.lastpart() > > # send the mail > smtp = smtplib.SMTP('mercury.sophos') > smtp.sendmail('Auto Test [EMAIL PROTECTED]', > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', message.getvalue()) > smtp.quit() > > return 'Request Sent\n' > _______________________________________________ > ActivePython mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > Other options: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/ActivePython _______________________________________________ ActivePython mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs Other options: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/ActivePython