Well it works from smtplib called from within web2py, so the server does actually work. Can't actually seem to type in what you suggested into telnet, that is an abomination of a command-line interface!!! :-) So I'm thinking it must be something in the difference between web2py's mail and smtplib's implementations...
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Adi <aditya.sa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have you tried using telnet to verify your server and mail are > correctly configured? > > Try this: > > c:\> telnet 192.168.200.43 25 > ehlo > mail from:the...@h**********a.com > recpt to: t...@h***********a.com > data > This is a test message > > The recipient should be something valid. If this sends out email from > your Windows server then the smtp relay is working. In that case > please attach ehlo output. If this doesn't send out email, then the > problem is not with your web2py code, but with your mail setup > somewhere. > > -- Adi > > On Jul 27, 7:29 pm, Andrew Buchan <andyha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Massimo, > > > > 192.168.200.43 is a different windows box setup as a domino server, and > the > > smtplib example in original post works fine connecting to that server. > The > > windows box hosting the web2py application will not normally be connected > to > > the internet, so I can't go using google's smtp. > > If I recall from the event log on domino (which I do not have access to > > myself), the connection seems to be established but then dropped. Perhaps > > the header is not in a correct format? > > > > Andrew. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 3:06 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> > wrote: > > > Is 192.168.200.43:25 the windows box itself or an external unix box? > > > In the first case, do you have an email server running on windows? > > > On unix this works because you have postfix but windows does not come > > > with one. > > > You may want to use an external smpt server like google. > > > > > On Jul 27, 9:00 am, Andrew Buchan <andyha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks, but I tried that, along with a number of other port settings, > > > > using smtp as prefix etc... Has anyone els managed to get this > working > > > > from a windows server? > > > > > > On Jul 22, 12:11 pm, Vasile Ermicioi <elff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > mail.settings.server= '192.168.200.43:25' > > > > > > > add port >
