smtplib - some bugs in code and documentation too(?!)

[Petr Snajdr]

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Hello,
     I need library for communication with SMTP server last week. I looked
for smtplib from Python distribution, but I think that there are a number of
bugs:

    1. SMTP object work different then you wrote in documentation
        See:http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-smtplib.html
                http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/SMTP-example.html 
   2. default port is 0 (SMTP() constructor) I think that 25 is better number.
   3.default hostname in constructor is ''. I  think that 'localhost' is better
       choice    
    4. def connect(self, host='localhost', port = 0). You replace
         parameters  from constructor! ( def __init__(self,
         host = '', port = 0)!) Is it  good idea?

Example from Python Library Reference:

[...]

     server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
     server.set_debuglevel(1)
     server.connect()
     server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddrs, msg)
     server.quit()

[...]

It can't work !
  
>     server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')

OK, you want connect to localhost and port 0?
No. :-(

>     server.set_debuglevel(1)
>     server.connect()

You connect to localhost to port 0. It is not good
idea. ;-)

>     server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddrs, msg)
>     server.quit()


I have Python 1.5.2 (#21, Aug 31 1999, 17:23:40)  [GCC 2.7.2.3] on linux2
(Debian Linux)

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Best regards
   Petr Snajdr





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