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From: "Ivan Shevanski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <python-list@python.org>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: help with sending mail in Program
>
> >
> >#!/usr/local/bin/python
> >
> >''' Send mail to me '''
> >
> >from smtplib import SMTP
> >
> >def sendToMe(subject, body):
> > me = '"Ivan Shevanski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'
> > send(me, me, subject, body)
> >
> >
> >def send(frm, to, subject, body):
> > s = SMTP()
> >#///On or off for test\\\ #s.set_debuglevel(1)
> > s.connect('mail.hotmail.com',)
> > s.ehlo('69.137.27.32') # IP address of my computer, I don't
> >
> >remember why I needed this
> > msg = '''From: %s
> >Subject: %s
> >To: %s
> >
> >%s
> >''' % (frm, subject, to, body)
> >
> > s.sendmail(frm, to, msg)
> >
> > s.sendmail(frm, [to], msg)
> >
> > s.quit()
> >
> >
> >if __name__ == '__main__':
> > sendToMe('test', 'test')
> >
> >
> >It says it sends it but I get nothing in my inbox or anywhere! This is
> >really frustrating me.
> >
> >_________________________________________________________________
> >
> >[tim williams]> No it definitely works, but Hotmail will blackhole
your
> >constructed email as it is obviously fake. It has no headers, dates,
> >msg-id etc.
> >
> >[tim williams]> View the source of a real email in your mail client,
> >then
> >cut & paste the whole thing into your message variable like this
> >
> > msg = ''' <msg source here> '''
> >
> >[tim williams]> you should remove the " % (frm, subject, to, body) " at
> >the end of the msg string
> >
> >[tim williams]> for correctness, you also need an " s.rset() " in
> >between
> >each " s.sendmail " (but the script does work in its current form)
> >
> >[tim williams]> HTH :)
> >
> >
> Im good with everything except viewing the source. . .Do you mean the html
> source? Because I use hotmail, and not outlook or thunderbird or something
> like that. Sorry, i'm a noob.
Supplied a text version of an email to Ivan off-list :)
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