Problem w/ smtplib

[Kev Dwyer]

2009/11/21 Victor Subervi <victorsubervi at gmail.com>

> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Kev Dwyer <kevin.p.dwyer at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:19:52 -0500, Victor Subervi wrote:
>>
>> Hello Victor,
>>
>> The information that you have sent comes from the client side of the
>> transaction, so it isn't possible to tell why the server disconnected.
>> Assuming that there is an SMTP server listening on port 25, you need to
>> check the SMTP server logs.
>
>
> There wasn't anything in /var/log/maillog. Is that where I should have
> checked?
>
>
>> You might need to crank up the logging to
>> get useful output.
>>
>
> How?
> Look at the output below:
>
> [root at 13gems stcroixresort]# netstat -tulp
> Active Internet connections (only servers)
> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address               Foreign Address
> State       PID/Program name
> tcp        0      0 *:mysql                     *:*
> LISTEN      24488/mysqld
> tcp        0      0 *:pop3                      *:*
> LISTEN      5278/tcpserver
> tcp        0      0 *:ftp                       *:*
> LISTEN      26564/vsftpd
> tcp        0      0 localhost.localdomai:domain *:*
> LISTEN      11845/named
> tcp        0      0 *:smtp                      *:*
> LISTEN      5274/tcpserver
> tcp        0      0 localhost.localdomain:rndc  *:*
> LISTEN      11845/named
> tcp        0      0 *:http                      *:*
> LISTEN      5201/httpd
> tcp        0      0 localhost:domain            *:*
> LISTEN      11845/named
> tcp        0      0 *:ssh                       *:*
> LISTEN      15509/sshd
> tcp        0      0 localhost:rndc              *:*
> LISTEN      11845/named
> udp        0      0 localhost.locald:domain
> *:*                                     11845/named
> udp        0      0 localhost:domain
> *:*                                     11845/named
> [root at 13gems stcroixresort]# qmailctl stat
> /service/qmail-send: up (pid 5266) 594565 seconds
> /service/qmail-send/log: up (pid 5271) 594565 seconds
> /service/qmail-smtpd: up (pid 5274) 594565 seconds
> /service/qmail-smtpd/log: up (pid 5276) 594565 seconds
> /service/qmail-pop3d: up (pid 5278) 594565 seconds
> /service/qmail-pop3d/log: up (pid 5279) 594565 seconds
> messages in queue: 0
> messages in queue but not yet preprocessed: 0
>
> Please advise.
> TIA,
> V
>

Hello Victor,

 I'm afraid I don't know much about mail servers, you need to check the
server docs or ask on a qmail mailing list.

If you really think this is a python issue, then you could try:
>>> import smtplib
>>> server = smtplib.SMTP()
>>> server.set_debuglevel(1)
>>> server.connect()
connect: ('localhost', 25)
connect: (25, 'localhost')
reply: '220 pluto.site ESMTP Postfix\r\n'
reply: retcode (220); Msg: pluto.site ESMTP Postfix
connect: pluto.site ESMTP Postfix
(220, 'pluto.site ESMTP Postfix')
>>> server.quit()
send: 'quit\r\n'
reply: '221 2.0.0 Bye\r\n'
reply: retcode (221); Msg: 2.0.0 Bye
(221, '2.0.0 Bye')


and see if there are any error messages/tracebacks in the output; but if you
still get a disconnect exception then it's unlikely that this is a python
issue.

Cheers,

Kev
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