problem with sending email

[Michael Ströder]

Erno Kuusela wrote:
> 
> In article <3B42BD95.D6A0BC30 at stroeder.com>, Michael Ströder
> <michael at stroeder.com> writes:
> 
> | Now think about systems where sendmail isn't installed at all.
> 
> every unix mta provides a "sendmail" command afaik. unixes don't
> function very well without the capability to deliver mail since
> it's used by cron and whatnot.

Well, you are making the assumption that your Python app lives on a
fully-installed Unix like a mainstream Linux or BSD distribution.
This is e.g. wrong for most web applications.

> ok, you may have a box that is configured to only deliver local mail,
> but not very common and easy to remedy.

How about restricted systems or non-Unix systems? Did you ever think
about this? IMHO a simple Python app which always sends to a certain
e-mail address through a well-defined mail relay can be reviewed
much easier than a full-blown MTA.

Unless you can really derive the assumption that sendmail has to be
present on the target system I'd always vote for smtplib.

Ciao, Michael.