https in Python?

[Martin v. Loewis]

s_gherman at yahoo.com (Sorin Gherman) writes:

> Is it possible to handle https using Python's libraries? 

Sure. Just use httplib.HTTPS. This requires SSL support in the socket
module, which is only available on Unix, and only if you have OpenSSL.

> If so, what's involved with using Python to read my hotmail
> messages, for instance?

Dunno, since I don't know how you read your hotmail messages.

Regards,
Martin