Cannot form correctly the FORM part of the header when sending mail

[Ferrous Cranus]

Στις 5/9/2013 6:00 μμ, ο/η feedthetroll at gmx.de έγραψε:
> Am Donnerstag, 5. September 2013 15:38:25 UTC+2 schrieb Ferrous Cranus:
>> Στις 5/9/2013 4:29 μμ, ο/η feedthetroll έγραψε:
>>>> uses DoveCot as enaled mail server but i have no idea how to
>>>> setip up to work.
>>>> i cannot connect to it via my python script.
>>> OK, I should have been more exact:
>>> To send mails you need a "smtp-server" (MTA - Mail Transfer Agent,
>>> Message Transport Agent) like postfix, exim, sendmail, ...
>>>
>>> DoveCot is good for "reading" mail (="mailbox management", "pop3(s)",
>>> "imap(s)"). You cannot send mails using DoveCot. (You can use a
>>> WebMailService to access DoveCot for reading and a MTA for sending mails.)
>>>
>>> So you have to find out, which MTA you installed (you have root access,
>>> don't you) and configure it.
>>>
>>> But this is (like so often) becoming extremely offtopic.
>>
>> i as root just inatslled
>>
>> sendmail and mailx. i have edited the ~/.mailrc to use:
>>
>> nikos at superhost.gr [~/www/cgi-bin]# cat ~/.mailrc
>> account gmail {
>> set smtp-use-starttls
>> set smtp=smtp://smtp.gmail.com:587
>> set smtp-auth=login
>> set smtp-auth-user=may)gmail
>> set smtp-auth-password=my_gmail_pass_not_stupid_enough_to_wite _it_again
>> }
> Don't use gmail. Gmail is the cause of your problem. As long as you use it (whatever way you use) the problem will persist. USE YOUR SENDMAIL.
>
>> And now i'm trying  to:
>> cmd = "echo %s | mailx -A gmail -r %s -s %s %s"  %  (MESSAGE, FROM,
>> SUBJECT, TO)
>> p=subprocess.Popen( cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE )
>> output, errors = p.communicate()
>> print( errors, output )
> DONT INVOKE THIS VIA PYTHON. Use the shell. If it works there, you can try it with python.
>
>> Any ideas please why this fails to work?
>> while i remove the '-A gmail' string in the cmd line then i can send
>> fast mail but only to mail containing the @superhost.gr trail.
>> i need to be eble to send to external mails to.
> THIS IS NOT A SENDMAIL LIST!
> Solve your sendmail-problem and then, if it still does not work from python come back with a smart question.
>
> FUP: comp.mail.sendmail
>
pok i will ask to sendmail list

but tell me please mailx and senmail are 2 differnt MTAs or mailx makes 
use of sendmail MTA?

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