i have a lot of experience in gmail. i use it to store 100GB's of server backup on it.
the form: field will be equal to the gmail acc u login with. you are not clear with ur cc: so i cant offer any help on it. but u can include multiple addresses in the To: and use Bcc: since python doesnt include bcc in sendmail but there is a hacky method to do that to ='[EMAIL PROTECTED] \n\rBcc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]' snedmail(from,to,mail) this hack is also known as header injection attack On Aug 3, 2:36 am, mmm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After reading about and using the smtplib module, I thought code such > as below would ignore the 'Cc: ' body line below when sending messages > and instead simply use the RECEIVERS list > > session = smtplib.SMTP(SMTPserver,port) > session.set_debuglevel(1) > session.ehlo(SMTPuser) # say hello > session.starttls() # TLS needed > session.ehlo(SMTPuser) # say hello again > session.login(SMTPuser, pw) > > FROM=SENDER > RECEIVERS= (TO,CC) > > BODY= MakeBody(FROM,TO,CC,SUBJECT,MESSAGE) > SMTPresult = session.sendmail(SENDER, RECEIVERS, BODY) > > Here the MakeBody() creates text like below > > From: FROM > To: TO > Cc: CC > Subject: SUBJECT > > MESSAGE > > But when using smtp.gmail.com as the server I learned that any > @gmail.com address in the Cc: text block would > receive mail even if I changed the code to have the RECEIVERS list to > ignore the CC addresses or not include the gmail address in the CC > list as below > > RECEIVERS= (TO,) > BODY= MakeBody(FROM,TO,CC,subject,message) > SMTPresult = session.sendmail(SENDER, RECEIVERS, BODY) > > Other @zzz.com CC addresses need to be in the RECEIVERS list however. > > Also the gmail server changes the 'From: ' text to be the same as > SENDER even if this is modified (a case not using FROM=SENDER. I > found other servers send mail that displays the BODY specified From: > address. > > Is this gmail specific or a quirk of the smtplib functions? > I understand how Google might not want to send mail with FROM not = > SENDER, but the CC behavior baffles me. > > And does anyone have a general routine that lets one also have Bcc: > addresses usign SMTP? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
