How to use TLS lite

I'm using tls lite to send mail using gmail's smtp.This is what I've done: from tlslite.api import * import tlslite.integration.SMTP_TLS connection= tlslite.integration.SMTP_TLS.SMTP_TLS('smtp.gmail.com',587) connection.set_debuglevel(1) msg = "Subject:Testing \n Hello" connection.starttls('[EMAIL

Dealing with dictionary like strings

Hello all, I'm using the urllib module to fetch pages from the web.The returned response is in the structure of a dictionary .For eg: {"":"","label": [ ] ,"torrents": [ ["F0666BDCCBFD01A52535759C044485E2E1CCE3C3",136,"AAA",1250164864,651,646185088,606208,0,0,0,-1,"",0,0,0,0,33564,7,342884352], [

running python scripts via crontab

Hello all, I wrote a simple python script to send mail via smtp to my gmail acc.I can run it as python /home/phil/Desktop/smtp.py but when I add the same to my crontab as * * * * * /usr/bin/python2.5 /home/phil/Desktop/smtp.py ,it doesn't run.I checked the process by using top comman

Working with dictionary like strings

hello all, I'm using the urllib module to fetch pages from the web.The returned response is in the structure of a dictionary .For eg: {"":"","label": [ ] ,"torrents": [ ["F0666BDCCBFD01A52535759C044485E2E1CCE3C3",136,"AAA",1250164864,651,646185088,606208,0,0,0,-1,"",0,0,0,0,33564,7,342884352], [

imaplib thread method anomaly

Hi, I was looking at the thread functionality of IMAP4rev1 servers with the threading extension. Here is my output with debug=8 : 02:23.02 > GDJB3 UID THREAD references UTF-8 (SEEN) 02:23.02 < * THREAD (3)(2)(4)(1) 02:23.02 matched r'\* (?P[A-Z-]+)( (?P.*))?' => ('THREAD', ' (3)(2)

getattr on a function

Hi all, Is it possible to call functions using getattr. I have written a simple script with functions that call either SSL, TLS or plain functionality. something like: def func(): ... def funcSSL(): ... def funcTLS(): ... Now, based on my args I would like to call either one of them. I

UnboundLocalError problems

Hi, I am writing a small script that changes my pidgin status to away when I lock my screen.I'm using the DBUS API for pidgin and gnome-screensaver.Here's the code: #!/usr/bin/env python import dbus, gobject from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop dbus.mainloop.glib.DBusGMainLoop(set_as_

Filechooser issues

Hi, I am using a gtk.filechooser dialog to open and save files.How do I add a filter so that only images are filtered ?I did something like this:     def get_save_filename(self):         filename = None     chooser = gtk.FileChooserDialog("Save File...", self.window,

Adding a Cairo object into a vbox using pygtk

Hi , I am trying to attach a cairo object into a vbox.I can pack a textbox with the following code:     entry = gtk.Entry()     entry.set_max_length(50)     entry.connect("activate", self.enter_callback, entry)     entry.set_text("hello")     entry.insert_text(" world", len(entry.get_text()))   

Simple Image Cropper

Hi, I am designing a simple image cropper which simply takes an image and use PIL to do the cropping.Now in order to do the cropping I simply draw a rectangle on the image by dragging the mouse over the image.I then use button press and button release events to find the mouse postition and send

Handling events using pycairo

Hi, I'm trying to create a rectangle when the user presses or releases the mouse over a cairo object.I'm using the eventBox to capture the mouse events. Now the problem is the shapes is beng drawn when I call it from the expose_event event handler and nothing happens when I call the same from t

Help with decorators

Hi, I'm using decos for the first time.I want to check the input and then call a function in a class. I'm pasting the code:     def check_input_sanity(self,rover_input):         '''Check the input from client'''         def _check(fn):             def _inner(rover_input):                 if ro

regex doubts

Hi, I am taking a string as an input from the user and it should only contain the chars:L , M or R I tried the folllowing in kodos but they are still not perfect: [^A-K,^N-Q,^S-Z,^0-9] [L][M][R] [LRM]?L?[LRM]? etc but they do not exactly meet what I need. For eg: LRLRLRLRLM is ok but LRLRLRNL

Find the name of a setup tools plugin when its class is known.

Hi, Using pkg_resources, I can iterate through the plugins in an entrypoint and note down the plugin classes and all using "pkg_resources.iter_entry_points(ENTRYPOINT)" Now, when the plugin is loaded, I want to know it's entrypoint name as I have to load a bunch of settings identified by the

Learning to use decorators with classes

Hi, I'm writing an LDAP plugin for my TG2 application. In this I wrote a small class based decorator with args to set up a connection and call the necessary functionality but I'm having problems with it. Here's my code: class getConnection(object): def __init__(self, settings, credentials)