Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2008-09-18, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In message >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, sui >> wrote: >> >>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>> File "mail5.py", line 21, in <module> >>> session = smtplib.SMTP(SMTPserver,port) >>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/smtplib.py", line 244, in __init__ >>> (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port) >>> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/smtplib.py", line 301, in connect >>> self.sock.connect(sa) >>> File "<string>", line 1, in connect >>> then conncetion time out..... >> Could it be your ISP is blocking outgoing connections to port >> 25? > > gmail doesn't accept mail via SMTP on port 25. > I was going to say that's boloney until I checked my settings - it's a year or more since I set gmail up with Thunderbird.
smtp.gmail.com accepts TLS connections on port 587. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
