Inline... On 7/5/07, _spitFIRE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jul 5, 1:34 pm, "Jeff McNeil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you just want to send mail, you should be able to use the standard > > smtplib module (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-smtplib.html). If > > your recipients are on the Internet, you would need to handle MX > > resolution yourself. > > > > How complicated is to handle the MX resolution by myself? I'm sorry > that I don't have a clue regarding that. Any pointers would be greatly > appreciated.
You could try pyDNS (http://pydns.sourceforge.net). You should simply be able to call the 'DNS.mxlookup' function. The other option would be twisted.names... > > > I know you said you want to avoid a relay server, but it's probably > > the best bet unless you control the SMTP infrastructure or are simply > > sending messages locally. > > The problem is that with the scenario I'm faced with, I don't have any > reliable SMTP server that I can use. Hence, I though I will spawn my > own light-weight SMTP server that can send mails to the people I want, > on the Internet. But, from what you are saying it seems, it might not > be that light weight after all! What about simply running an SMTP server on the machine running your application? Is that a possible approach? > > > Otherwise, you'll probably need to also > > implement queuing and retry logic (depending on your requirements). > > Isn't there a library module that can help me implement all this? Not that I know of. The protocol is standard, the queuing and retry logic, not so much. Someone else may know more than I, though. > > > There are also some warning lights that may go off and flag your mail > > as spam if you're using a method like that... > > > > -Jeff > > Would you please fill me in with some pointers as to why my mail might > get flagged as spam? Would it be considered spam even if I've a valid > from address, and a proper message/subject? Does the spam filter also > rely on the sending server's DNS etc because of which you say it might > get flagged as spam? > http://mtamark.space.net/draft-stumpf-dns-mtamark-04.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
