smtplib (111, 'Connection refused')

[Chris Green]

Josh Close <narshe at gmail.com> writes:

> I'm using the smtplib module and I keep getting this error: (111,
> 'Connection refused') What could be causing this? I've tried it from a
> different computer and it seems to work, but not from this specific
> server. If port 25 was blocked for some reason, would that give me a
> 'connection refused' error?

Yes. When in doubt, try telnet <host> <port>.
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Chris Green <cmg at dok.org>
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