how to use smtp starttls() encryption?

[Gerhard Häring]

* Xu, C.S. <xucs007 at yahoo.com> [2002-10-21 11:30 -0700]:
> Hi, 
> 
> > Please upgrade to Python 2.2.2. If that's not possible, get a smtplib.py
> > of Python 2.2.2 and use it instead.
> 
> I downloaded Python 2.2.2, compiled and installed. Now
> starttls() generate problem:
> 
> > send: 'STARTTLS\r\n'
> > reply: '220 OpenSSL/0.9.5beta go ahead\r\n'
> > reply: retcode (220); Msg: OpenSSL/0.9.5beta go ahead
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "aa", line 12, in ?
> >     server.starttls()
> >   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/smtplib.py", line 591, in starttls
> >     sslobj = socket.ssl(self.sock, keyfile, certfile)
> > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'ssl'
> 
> Any help?

Your Python was built without SSL support. Install the OpenSSL
development libraries and recompile Python.

Btw. OpenSSL/0.9.5beta is *seriously* outdated. There were
vulnerabilites in various 0.9.6 versions - I don't know if they existed
in 0.9.5 already, but consider upgrading to the latest OpenSSL, too.

Maybe Python *needs* 0.9.6 to build with SSL support - that's yet
another reason to upgrade OpenSSL.

-- Gerhard