smtpd module

[Tim Williams]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hughes, Chad O" <chad.hughes at pnl.gov>


> No, I know how to use the smtplib module and I can send email through
> that.  However what I want is a the ability to set up a very simple mail
> server with python, for some tests that I need to run that just prints
> out the message to the standard out and disregards the message.  The
> smtpd module seems to provide this ability via the DebuggingServer.
> According to the documentation that is provided with python the:

Already posted this for another thread today,  you will be able to make it
do what you need in a couple of minutes.  If not post back and I'll knock
something up :)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Williams" <listserver at tdw.net>
To: <python-list at python.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: Simple SMTP server

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Noller" <jnoller at gmail.com>

> I am looking at implementing a simple SMTP server in python - I know
> about the smtpd module, but I am looking for code examples/snippets as
> the documentation is sparse.
>
> If anyone has any good examples/recipes I'd greatly appreciate it.

This is a test server I put together (part adapted from somewhere else)
earlier in the week,   it is multithreaded inbound.   You could add your
required functionality quite easily.   It currently starts on port 2525

(watch out for line-wraps)

##
#! /usr/bin/python

import sys
from socket import *
from SocketServer import *


class SMTPServer(ThreadingMixIn, TCPServer):

    #
    # other functions exist here in the live server
    #

    def noFunction():
        pass
#end of class SMTPServer

class SMTPRequestHandler(StreamRequestHandler):
    def handle(self):

        self.terminated = 0
        self.SendResponse('220 ** Welcome **')

        commands={ 'HELO' : self.__HELO,            # supported commands
                   'QUIT' : self.__QUIT,
                   #'MAIL' : self.__MAIL,
                   #'RCPT' : self.__RCPT,
                   'NOOP' : self.__NOOP,
                   #'RSET' : self.__RSET,
                   'EHLO' : self.__HELO,            # handled by HELO
                   #'DATA' : self.__DATA,
                   }

        while not self.terminated:
            try:
                self.inputline = self.rfile.readline()
                self.inputline = self.inputline.rstrip().upper()
            except:
                self.inputline = '*?*'
            request = self.inputline.split()
            print "request=",request
            if request and commands.has_key(request[0]):      # eg: if
has_key FROM
                commands[request[0]](request)
            else:
                self.SendResponse("?? "+ self.inputline)

    def __HELO(self,request):
        if request[0]== 'HELO':
            self.SendResponse('250 2.1.0 Hello')
        else:
            self.SendResponse('250-Hello\r\n250-SIZE
9999999\r\n250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES\r\n250 HELP')

    def __NOOP(self,request):
        self.SendResponse('250 2.1.0 OK')

    def __QUIT(self,request):
        self.terminated = 1
        self.SendResponse('Goodbye')
        print "Session Closed"

    def SendResponse(self,msg):
        print msg
        msg = msg + '\r\n'
        self.wfile.write(msg)
        self.wfile.flush()
# end of class SMTPRequestHandler

def StartSMTPServer():
    print '*'*35
    print 'Server Starting, CTRL-C to end'
    print '*'*35
    setdefaulttimeout( 30  )  # timeout incoming connections
    server = SMTPServer(('', 2525 ), SMTPRequestHandler)
    server.serve_forever()
#end of def StartSMTPServer

if __name__ == '__main__':

    StartSMTPServer()