smtp question

[Tim Roberts]

"Philippe C. Martin" <philippecmartin at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am testing the smtp module and have the following question:
>
>in the code below (taken from net sample) prior to adding the "Subject:"
>field, the email client found the "From" and the "To". Without the
>"Subject:" field on I get this:
>
>Email client = Evolution: the "From" field is blank
>Email client = KMail: the "To" field is blank
>
>Any clue ?

Absolutely.

>server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com')
>server.set_debuglevel(1)
>server.login ('xxxxx','yyyyyyy')
>server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddrs, 'Subject:from python\n\n'+msg)
>server.quit()

You have two newlines following the Subject: line.  That inserts a blank
line, which terminates the headers.  Everything else, including the From:
and To: lines, will be taken as part of the message body.  I assume you
meant to use \r\n, but \n will work just as well and is less error prone.

>print "Message length is " + repr(len(msg))

Easier is:
  print "Message length is", len(msg)
More efficient is:
  print "Message length is %d" % len(msg) 
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- Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
  Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.