[Tutor] confusing smtp problem

[Reed L. O'Brien]

nephish wrote:
> ok, my fault. the router assigned the smtp server a different address
> no longer 10.10.10.32, now 10.10.10.04
> tried the telnet thing and it worked, so i still dont know
> why the script isnt working
>
> thanks
Does it still give the same error????

ib.py", line 347, in getreply
raise SMTPServerDisconnected("Connection unexpectedly closed")
SMTPServerDisconnected: Connection unexpectedly closed

or is it different??

~reed


>
>
> On 07/20/2005 03:32:10 PM, Reed L. O'Brien wrote:
>> nephish wrote:
>> > On 07/20/2005 12:24:04 PM, Reed L. O'Brien wrote:
>> >> nephish wrote:
>> >> > Hey there, i am trying to get an email through an SMTP server on
>> a
>> >> > windows computer from a linux machine on the same network.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >>>> import smtplib
>> >> >>>> import MySQLdb
>> >> >>>> Server = smtplib.SMTP('10.10.10.32')
>> >> >>>> ToAddress = 'nephish at xit.net'
>> >> >>>> FromAddress = 'nephish at xit.net.com'
>> >> >>>> Message = 'Some text message'
>> >> >>>> Server.sendmail(FromAddress, ToAddress, Message)
>> >> >>>>
>> >> > {}
>> >> >
>> >> > but nothing goes through,
>> >> > now if i do this...
>> >> >
>> >> >>>> Server.connect()
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >
>> >> > i get this
>> >> >
>> >> > Traceback (innermost last):
>> >> >    File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>> >> >    File "/usr/lib/python2.3/smtplib.py", line 303, in connect
>> >> >      (code, msg) = self.getreply()
>> >> >    File "/usr/lib/python2.3/smtplib.py", line 347, in getreply
>> >> >      raise SMTPServerDisconnected("Connection unexpectedly
>> closed")
>> >> > SMTPServerDisconnected: Connection unexpectedly closed
>> >> >
>> >> > now if i use the server on this computer ('localhost')
>> >> > everything works ok.
>> >> >
>> >> > any ideas?
>> >> > thanks,
>> >> > <><
>> >> >
>> >> > _______________________________________________
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>> >> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
>> >> >
>> >> Can you telnet to port 25  on the other server?
>> >> What does it respond to an EHLO command?
>> >> HELO?
>> >> can you get it to deliver there?
>> >>
>> >> ~r
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> 4.6692916090
>> >> 'cmVlZG9icmllbkBnbWFpbC5jb20=\n'.decode('base64')
>> >> http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&amp;id=16474&amp;t=1
>> >> keyID: 0x0FA09FCE
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> > i did this
>> > telnet 10.10.10.32
>> > it responded with "unable to connect to remote host, connection
>> refused"
>> >
>> > hmmm, perhaps there is something i am missing here.
>> > this computer sits at 10.10.10.24
>> > the mail server is at 10.10.10.32
>> > and the other computer on the lan that can use it effectivly is at
>> > 10.10.10.5 maybe the program it is using is passing some sort of
>> > parameter that i am missing here.
>> >
>> > will check it all out again.
>> >
>> > thanks
>> >
>> That would be
>> """use the IP you choose in lieu of localhost
>>     The 25 tels  it to connect to the smtp port"""
>> telnet localhost 25
>> Trying 127.0.0.1...
>> Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).
>> Escape character is '^]'.
>> 220 my.dom.com ESMTP
>> EHLO any.com
>> 250-my.dom.com
>> 250-AUTH LOGIN CRAM-MD5 PLAIN
>> 250-AUTH=LOGIN CRAM-MD5 PLAIN
>> 250-STARTTLS
>> 250-PIPELINING
>> 250 8BITMIME
>>
>> Try HELO if EHLO doesn't work.  If you can't connect at all, no smtp
>> server is running; or it is running on a non-standard port.
>>
>> best,
>> ~r
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> 4.6692916090
>> 'cmVlZG9icmllbkBnbWFpbC5jb20=\n'.decode('base64')
>> http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&amp;id=16474&amp;t=1
>> keyID: 0x0FA09FCE
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>


-- 
4.6692916090
'cmVlZG9icmllbkBnbWFpbC5jb20=\n'.decode('base64')
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&amp;id=16474&amp;t=1
keyID: 0x0FA09FCE