sending emails using python

Max M maxm at mxm.dk
Thu Sep 7 06:15:06 EDT 2006


sridhar wrote:
> iam having user account on an exchangeserver.
> with that can i send an email using python?
> 
> if iam using the following code iam getting error
> 
> 
> fromAddress = 'sridhar_kasturi at satyam.com'
> toAddress = 'sridhar_kasturi at satyam.com'
> msg = "Subject: Hello\n\nThis is the body of the message."
> import smtplib
> server = smtplib.SMTP("hstmsg002",25)
> server.sendmail(fromAddress, toAddress, msg)


Do yourself a favor and use the email module to construct your messages 
with. Constructing messages by hand can lead you into so many traps. 
Especially if you are using international characters in you messages.


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