smtplib and TLS

[Matthias Kluwe]

> From: "Paul Rubin" "http://phr.cx"@NOSPAM.invalid

>> "Matthias Kluwe" <mkl... at gmail.com> writes:
>> After getting a @gmail.com address, I recognized I had to use TLS in my
>> python scripts using smtplib in order to get mail to the smtp.gmail.com
>> server.

>> [...]

>> The server accepts and delivers my messages, but the last command
>> raises

>> socket.sslerror: (8, 'EOF occurred in violation of protocol')

> [...]

> Have you verified that its your end that is broken,  not gmail's,  do other
> servers give the same response ?

No, I have not -- I should have, as I know now: Connecting, starttls,
login and sending mail works fine without the above mentioned error
using my previous mail provider.

Does that mean Gmail is in error here? I don't know...

Regards,
Matthias