smtplib problem for newbie

[Noah Gift]

It turns out it is a cgi issue.  If I run this code outside of the
cgi-bin it runs just fine.  The webhosting company I am using allows
python cgi code to run, but I might need to check with them about how
it works.  Does anyone have advice on python cgi vs. psp vs. python
web application frameworks?  I do plan on getting my head wrapped
around writing python in the web application environment but am a bit
confused still.  Also, wondering how django compares to ruby on rails
etc.  Sorry, newbie bewilderment....

Noah

On 6/22/06, Noah Gift <noah.gift at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am writing a few different scripts that need to send email
> confirmation and I wanted to use smtplib instead of cheating and using
> os.system('mail -s "foo"....)  Some of the examples I have seen don't
> seem to work for me.  (Note, I am new to Python and probably doing
> something stupid...thanks :) )  Here is one I grabbed
> http://effbot.org/librarybook/smtplib.htm
>
> import smtplib
> import string, sys
>
> HOST = "localhost"
>
> FROM = "effbot at spam.egg"
> TO = "fredrik at spam.egg"
>
> SUBJECT = "for your information!"
>
> BODY = "next week: how to fling an otter"
>
> body = string.join((
>     "From: %s" % FROM,
>     "To: %s" % TO,
>     "Subject: %s" % SUBJECT,
>     "",
>     BODY), "\r\n")
>
> print body
>
> server = smtplib.SMTP(HOST)
> server.sendmail(FROM, [TO], body)
> server.quit()
>
> If I change this to suit my needs it looks like this:
>
> #!/usr/bin/python
> import smtplib
> import string, sys
>
> HOST = "localhost"
>
> FROM = "johny.carson at turner.com"
> TO = "noah.gift at gmail.com"
>
> SUBJECT = "for your information!"
>
> BODY = "next week: how to fling an otter"
>
> body = string.join((
>     "From: %s" % FROM,
>     "To: %s" % TO,
>     "Subject: %s" % SUBJECT,
>     "",
>     BODY), "\r\n")
>
> print body
>
> server = smtplib.SMTP(HOST)
> server.sendmail(FROM, [TO], body)
> server.quit()
>
> When I run it I get this:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "./3mail.py", line 2, in ?
>     import smtplib
>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/smtplib.py", line 49, in ?
>     from email.base64MIME import encode as encode_base64
>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/email/base64MIME.py", line 28, in ?
>     from email.Utils import fix_eols
>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/email/Utils.py", line 10, in ?
>     import random
>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/random.py", line 818, in ?
>     _inst = Random()
>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/random.py", line 87, in __init__
>     self.seed(x)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.3/random.py", line 100, in seed
>     a = long(time.time() * 256) # use fractional seconds
> TypeError: 'module' object is not callable
>