"Van_Gogh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I am learning how to use the smtplib module, but am having some very
>early problems, maybe because I don't understand it.
>So, am I correct that by following the example in the Python:
>
>>>> import smtplib
>>>> server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
>>>> server.sendmail('[EMAIL PROTECTED]', '[EMAIL PROTECTED]',
>"""To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Beware the Ides of March.
>""")
>>>> server.quit()
>
>I should be able to send an email to the recipient, in this case
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] When I try to create the server(the line 'server =
>smtplib.SMTP('localhost')) I get the following error message:
>...
>error: (10054, 'Connection reset by peer')
>
>Anyone got a pointer as to what I could do?Replace "localhost" with the name of your usual outgoing mail server. Although there ARE SMTP servers available for Windows XP, is it virtually certain that you aren't running one. -- - Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
