[Tutor] smtp project

[Kent Johnson]

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Kirk Z Bailey <kbailey at howlermonkey.net> wrote:

> There is no smtp server available, these are the cards I am delt; can you
> advise on how to play them?

A couple of possibilities:
- I'm no expert on SMTP but don't the MTAs talk SMTP to each other on
port 25? Could you use smtplib to talk to the remote MTA on port 25?

- The std lib contains a simple SMTP server in smtpd.py

- Lamson is a more robust SMTP server
http://lamsonproject.org/

- Twisted has SMTP support
http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/TwistedMail

Kent

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> Kent Johnson wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Kirk Z Bailey <kbailey at howlermonkey.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am writing a script that will send an email message. This will run in a
>>> windows XP box. The box does not have a smtp server, so the script must
>>> crete not merely a smtp client to talk to a MTA, it must BE one for the
>>> duration of sending the message- then shut off, we don't need no bloody
>>> op0en relays here!
>>
>> Is there no SMTP server available on another machine? Can you send
>> email from a regular email client (e.g. Thunderbird)?
>>
>>> I am RTFM and having some heavy sledding, can I get an Elmer on this?
>>
>> An Elmer?
>>
>> Kent
>>
>>
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