problems with smtplib

[Steve Holden]

Peter Hansen wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
> 
>>n00m wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I also can't get my SMTP (win2k) working with Python.
>>>But... funnily this works fine:
>>>
>>>import smtplib
>>>s = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.mail.ru')
>>>s.sendmail('no_such_address at mail.ru', 'jonhe... at gmail.com', 'hi
>>>there!')
>>>s.quit()
>>>
>>
>>That's pretty strange: the second argument should be a list. Are you 
>>*sure* it worked?
> 
> 
> No longer required (as of at least Python 2.3 if not earlier).
> 
> "to_addrs     : A list of addresses to send this mail to.  A bare string 
> will be treated as a list with 1 address."  (from smtplib.py sendmail() 
> docstring)
> 
Oops. Documentation bug. Fortunately it  looks like it's been fixed in 
response to bug 1217513. Thanks for the tip, Peter.

regards
  Steve
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