Luke Paireepinart wrote:
> Ricardo Aráoz wrote:
>> So I eventually got to sending mail with python.
>> Some articles, trying and google led me to this script:
>>
>> import smtplib
>> import time
>>
>> date = time.ctime(time.time( ))
>> >From = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>> To = ['[EMAIL PROTECTED]', '[EMAIL PROTECTED]']
>> Subj = 'Hi'
>> text = ('From: %s\nTo: %s\nDate: %s\nSubject: %s\n\n'
>> % (From, ';'.join(To), date, Subj))
>>
>> s = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com')
>> s.set_debuglevel(1)
>> s.ehlo()
>> s.starttls()
>> s.ehlo()
>> s.login('foo', 'bar')
>> s.sendmail(From, To, text)
>> s.close()
>>
>>
>> So, if there's someone who really knows this stuff in the neighborhood
>> I'd like to ask a couple of questions.
>> What is ehlo and why do I have to call it twice? And set_debuglevel?
>> If I where to connect through other smtp server the sequence would be
>> the exactly the same, say yahoo or hotmail?
>> Are From: To: Date: and Subject: mandatory in the contents of the
>> email(text)? Do I have to put "real" address in From when calling
>> sendmail()? And in the contents?
>> Ok, if someone can answer these I'll be grateful.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Ricardo
>>
> Ricardo -
> I say this in the nicest way possible, but did you RTFM? :)
LOL, my apologies Luke. You see, I was bloody tired last night, had just
found out how to do it and didn´t have it in me to google for it or
RTFM, so I said "let's ask the guys". Sorry, and thanks a lot for taking
the time to answer me. I'm just rushing out to work so I'll take a look
tonight and see if I get it, I'm net impaired you see, and when they
start with all those acronyms my brain stops :-)
Thanks again.
Ricardo
> Python has built-in help support on modules.
> You should start there, do some Googling, and if you're stumped, get
> some help. Not for any other reason than it'll probably get you 1) more
> experience at navigating the docs, and 2) a quicker, probably more
> detailed response.
>
> So using Help, we get:
>
>
>>>> import smtplib
>>>> help(smtplib)
> Help on module smtplib:
>
> NAME
> smtplib - SMTP/ESMTP client class.
>
> FILE
> c:\python24\lib\smtplib.py
>
> [snip 10 pages of documentation]
>
>
>>>> help(smtplib.SMTP.set_debuglevel)
> Help on method set_debuglevel in module smtplib:
>
> set_debuglevel(self, debuglevel) unbound smtplib.SMTP method
> Set the debug output level.
> A non-false value results in debug messages for connection and for all
> messages sent to and received from the server.
>
>>>> help(smtplib.SMTP.ehlo)
> Help on method ehlo in module smtplib:
>
> ehlo(self, name='') unbound smtplib.SMTP method
> SMTP 'ehlo' command.
> Hostname to send for this command defaults to the FQDN of the local
> host.
>
>>>> help(smtplib.SMTP.sendmail)
> Help on method sendmail in module smtplib:
>
> sendmail(self, from_addr, to_addrs, msg, mail_options=[],
> rcpt_options=[]) unbound smtplib.SMTP method
> This command performs an entire mail transaction.
> The arguments are:
> - from_addr : The address sending this mail.
> - to_addrs : A list of addresses to send this mail to. A bare
> string will be treated as a list with 1 address.
> - msg : The message to send.
> - mail_options : List of ESMTP options (such as 8bitmime) for the
> mail command.
> - rcpt_options : List of ESMTP options (such as DSN commands) for
> all the rcpt commands.
> If there has been no previous EHLO or HELO command this session, this
> method tries ESMTP EHLO first. If the server does ESMTP, message size
> and each of the specified options will be passed to it. If EHLO
> fails, HELO will be tried and ESMTP options suppressed.
> This method will return normally if the mail is accepted for at least
> one recipient. It returns a dictionary, with one entry for each
> recipient that was refused. Each entry contains a tuple of the SMTP
> error code and the accompanying error message sent by the server.
> This method may raise the following exceptions:
> SMTPHeloError The server didn't reply properly to
> the helo greeting.
> SMTPRecipientsRefused The server rejected ALL recipients
> (no mail was sent).
> SMTPSenderRefused The server didn't accept the from_addr.
> SMTPDataError The server replied with an unexpected
> error code (other than a refusal of
> a recipient).
> Note: the connection will be open even after an exception is raised.
> Example:
> >>> import smtplib
> >>> s=smtplib.SMTP("localhost")
> >>>
> tolist=["[EMAIL PROTECTED]","[EMAIL PROTECTED]","[EMAIL PROTECTED]","[EMAIL
> PROTECTED]"]
> >>> msg = '''\
> ... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ... Subject: testin'...
> ...
> ... This is a test '''
> >>> s.sendmail("[EMAIL PROTECTED]",tolist,msg)
> { "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" : ( 550 ,"User unknown" ) }
> >>> s.quit()
> In the above example, the message was accepted for delivery to three
> of the four addresses, and one was rejected, with the error code
> 550. If all addresses are accepted, then the method will return an
> empty dictionary.
>
>>>>
>
>
>
>
> So mess around in the built-in docs, then check python.org's docs, and
> let us know what you find :)
> Also, try experimenting! pass it stuff that you don't think will work
> just to see if maybe it does :D
> -Luke
>
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