examples of logger using smtp

[DwBear75]

I am hoping to find some simple examples of how to create a logger
instance using smtphandler. I don't want to create a separate ini
file. I just want to sent the smtphost, from, to right in the code
when I instantiate the logger. I can't seem to find simple code on how
to do this. Any pointers ?
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rules of thumb for cross os code

[DwBear75]

I am considering using python as a replacement for a lot of bash
scripting that I have been doing. I would like to be as cross platform
as possible, writing scripts for both windows and linux. Are there any
guides are general rules of thumb on
1) keeping code os independant
2) nifty lambda's or other things to create functions fit for the
environment
3) capturing return codes of other executables called from python; ie
use os.system, or popen? or ?
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pickle passing client/server design

[DwBear75]

I am contemplating the need for a way to handle high speed data
passing between two processes. One process would act as a queue that
would 'buffer' data coming from another processes. Seems that the
easiest way to handle the data would be to just pass pickles. Further,
I'm thinking that using a unix domain socket would make this a simple
way to pass high volumes of pickles. Are there any examples of an
architecture like these, where a process is a client, sending pickles
to a server listening on a domain socket?

I'm am thinking there would be a need to have a semaphore, and some
ACK or NACK that the server process got the whole pickle.
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installing 2.6 on vista64

[DwBear75]

I just downloaded and attempted to install python 2.6.2.  The
installer proceeds to do its work then dies, leaving an entry in the
eventlog:

Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: Python 2.6.2.
Product Version: 2.6.2150. Product Language: 1033. Installation
success or error status: 1602.

Googling for this I wasn't able to narrow the results down to
something usable. Anyone know of issues and how to fix them installing
on vista 64 (yes, I have 8 gigs of ram)
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