[web2py] Re: Sending email from server

2014-11-18 Thread Yang
It was caused by selinux. soloved by enabling the httpd_can_sendmail. Thank you for all the help! -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You re

[web2py] Re: Sending email from server

2014-11-14 Thread Niphlod
so the problem is that your server can't reach the smtp server. not a web2py issue. On Friday, November 14, 2014 11:39:28 AM UTC+1, Yang wrote: > > > On Friday, November 14, 2014 12:37:19 AM UTC+1, Niphlod wrote: >> >> well, to be nerdy. >> >> import telnetlib >> tn = telnetlib.Telnet(hostnam

[web2py] Re: Sending email from server

2014-11-14 Thread Yang
On Friday, November 14, 2014 12:37:19 AM UTC+1, Niphlod wrote: > > well, to be nerdy. > > import telnetlib > tn = telnetlib.Telnet(hostname, 25, 10) > > > or (even better ?!) > > import socket > s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) > s.settimeout(2) > try: > s.connect(

[web2py] Re: Sending email from server

2014-11-13 Thread Niphlod
well, to be nerdy. import telnetlib tn = telnetlib.Telnet(hostname, 25, 10) or (even better ?!) import socket s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) s.settimeout(2) try: s.connect((host, 25)) print 'i can reach it' except: print "can't reach it" On Wednesday

[web2py] Re: Sending email from server

2014-11-12 Thread Leonel Câmara
Well it would be easier to test stuff if you had telnet yes. You just need the telnet client so it's not much of a security risk. If you have an admin, however, you can just ask him to do his job and tell you what are the correct settings for you app to be able to send emails since these don't

[web2py] Re: Sending email from server

2014-11-12 Thread Yang
Tried but telnet is not installed should I ask my administrator to install it? -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this mess

[web2py] Re: Sending email from server

2014-11-12 Thread Leonel Câmara
Can you? telnet mydomain 25 Does it connect? -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[web2py] Re: Sending email from server

2014-11-12 Thread Yang
Hello Leonel, thank you for your reply. Then how could I find the reason for the failure? I tried the way you suggested in this page: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/web2py/mail.settings.hostname/web2py/pZT38v_s5OI/9Og3cQefLkkJ. However, the code "server = smtplib.SMTP('mydomain', 2

[web2py] Re: Sending email from server

2014-11-11 Thread Leonel Câmara
That's not due to apache settings, that's due to the way you configured web2py mail settings or your mail server configuration. Permission denied can be caused because you didn't set mail.settings.login correctly, it can be because you didn't set mail.settings.hostname to a hostname your mail s