On 2008-09-19, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
I should have been a bit more specific and said that the
relay/smarthosts at smtp.gmail.com don't accept SMTP mail via
port 25.
The normal incoming SMTP servers pointed to by gmail.com's MX
records do accept non-relay e-mail on port 25. They are,
however, picky about IP addresses from which they'll accept
connections (trying to connect via a commercial VPN server
fails, but connecting via other machines works).
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