Tryign to send mail via a python script by using the local MTA

Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Mon Sep 16 19:41:12 EDT 2013


On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:02:20 +0300, Ferrous Cranus wrote:

> We need to try it to see if it will work, or perhaps we can alter both
> the hostname and ip address variables on the server to some other values
> so that google will use them too.
> 
> It will not detect the real hostname or the real ip this way since both
> values will be not true.


Are you planning on sending spam? Or some other criminal activity?

I cannot fathom for the life of me a legitimate reason for your website 
to use a fake IP address and hostname when sending email.



-- 
Steven



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