Re: smtplib problem for newbie

2006-06-22 Thread Justin Azoff
Noah Gift wrote: [snip] > a = long(time.time() * 256) # use fractional seconds > TypeError: 'module' object is not callable Part of your program includes a file or directory that you called 'long'. You should not re-use names of built-ins in your programs.. they cause you to get errors like t

Re: smtplib problem for newbie

2006-06-22 Thread Noah Gift
It turns out it is a cgi issue. If I run this code outside of the cgi-bin it runs just fine. The webhosting company I am using allows python cgi code to run, but I might need to check with them about how it works. Does anyone have advice on python cgi vs. psp vs. python web application framework

smtplib problem for newbie

2006-06-22 Thread Noah Gift
Hi, I am writing a few different scripts that need to send email confirmation and I wanted to use smtplib instead of cheating and using os.system('mail -s "foo") Some of the examples I have seen don't seem to work for me. (Note, I am new to Python and probably doing something stupid...thanks