Re: logging SMTPhandler Error

2009-08-23 Thread Aahz
In article , Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: >On 23 Aug 2009 06:14:00 -0700, a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) declaimed the >following in gmane.comp.python.general: >> >> Slightly expanded: most mail servers accept connections from any other >> mail server for addresses that are hosted by them. The MX addre

Re: logging SMTPhandler Error

2009-08-23 Thread Aahz
In article <60de8d40-61f4-4ffd-bcef-749bf0667...@k19g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, Bev in TX wrote: >On Aug 23, 12:48=A0am, a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote: >> >> It's also not too difficult to do the moral equivalent with dnspython and >> find the MX host for the domain you're trying to send e-ma

Re: logging SMTPhandler Error

2009-08-23 Thread Bev in TX
On Aug 23, 12:48 am, a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote: > It's also not too difficult to do the moral equivalent with dnspython and > find the MX host for the domain you're trying to send e-mail to; that > usually does not require an encrypted connection. > -- > Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com)        

Re: logging SMTPhandler Error

2009-08-22 Thread Aahz
In article , Ned Deily wrote: > >Or on OS X it's not *too* difficult to set up a local host mailer using >the Apple-supplied prefix that would accept mail locally and forward it >to a more sophisticated remote mailer. It's also not too difficult to do the moral equivalent with dnspython and find

Re: logging SMTPhandler Error

2009-08-22 Thread Ned Deily
In article <87236fb1-c09f-46e8-8492-514ba000c...@24g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, Bev in TX wrote: > On Aug 22, 7:07 pm, Ned Deily wrote: > > [...] Or on OS X it's > > not *too* difficult to set up a local host mailer using the > > Apple-supplied prefix that would accept mail locally and forward i

Re: logging SMTPhandler Error

2009-08-22 Thread Bev in TX
On Aug 22, 7:07 pm, Ned Deily wrote: > > The problem here is that gmail, like most modern mail services, requires > the use of an encrypted (SSL or TLS) connection for mail relaying so > that the required user name and password are not sent in the clear.  The > logging SMTP handler uses the smtpli

Re: logging SMTPhandler Error

2009-08-22 Thread Ned Deily
In article , Bev in TX wrote: > On Aug 21, 8:34 am, Bev in TX wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've done some Python programming, but I still consider myself a > > Python newbie.  I have a Mac Pro OS X 10.5.8 system and I installed > > Python 2.6.2 (the latest package available for the Mac) yesterday. >

Re: logging SMTPhandler Error

2009-08-22 Thread Bev in TX
On Aug 21, 8:34 am, Bev in TX wrote: > Hi, > > I've done some Python programming, but I still consider myself a > Python newbie.  I have a Mac Pro OS X 10.5.8 system and I installed > Python 2.6.2 (the latest package available for the Mac) yesterday. > > I was working through Matt Wilson's article