On 2006-10-16, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:04:19 +0800, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
>
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>> Yes, I want to find a way to send email without an external smtp server.
>>
> You're going to have to hit an SMTPd somewhere along
> the route... Many moons ago it was easy to connect directly to
> the recipient's mail server (and even easier to grab any
> server one could find, to send mail to any address).
But those were smtp servers, so I don't see you the OP could
have accomplished his goal unless you set the wayback machine
to pre-Internet days and use the uucp transport mechanism.
> In closing down these "open relays" to block spammers, many
> SMTPd's are now configured to accept "outgoing" mail only from
> hosts that are part of the local network, and to accept
> "incoming" mail only if the recipient is a member of the local
> network. Hence, most client programs are now configured to
> connect to the local ISP server to relay mail.
That local ISP server is also an smtp server. I haven't heard
of anybody accepting vail via uucp for at least 10 years. I'm
not saying that such hosts don't exist, but that they're pretty
darned rare.
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