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[Steve Holden]

"Miki Tebeka" <tebeka at cs.bgu.ac.il> wrote in message
news:33803989.0302260633.3c8725c4 at posting.google.com...
> Hello Enrique,
>
> > I'm a newbie and i want to know how must i do and what i need to send
mails
> > with files attached with python.
> >
> > The process must be automatic.
> You can use the POP3 or IMAP library.
> However I recommend using a command line email program like mail on Unix
> or blat (http://www.interlog.com/~tcharron/blat.html) on Windows.
> Then use can use the os.system command.
>

Please note that the POP3 protocol (unlike SMTP and IMAP4) contains no
features that allow the outward transmission of mail messages. And none of
the above suggests any help with formulating a message containing
attachments (for which the email module is the most recent contended).

regards
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