smtplib (111, 'Connection refused')

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Josh Close wrote:
> I'm using the smtplib module and I keep getting this error: (111,
> 'Connection refused') What could be causing this? 

This means there is no SMTP server running on the remote system.
However, there *is* a TCP implementation (typically the operating
system) on the other end that tells you port 25 is not being
listened to.

Regards,
Martin