[Tutor] Re: python.org mail server?

[Andrei]

pan at uchicago.edu wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm making a "pyAR" ---a python archive reader, which is able to
> read many different py-related archives. The objective, aside from
> being able to read many archives on a single page, is to allow
> read and reply/post on that same page. 

I'm curious about that: is it webbased?

> When replying/posting a msg, what I like to do is to call the mail
> server on python.org for the mail transfer. That means, anyone, even
> he doesn't have a mail account, can still make use of it. 
> So, my question is, is this possible ? Or

I hope not, it sounds like an excellent way to distribute spam. I've never used
a SMTP server which didn't require authentication (but then again, I'm not an
oldtimer :)).

> If yes, then, how can I get the info (address) of a mail server for
> me to use to send mails ?

Perhaps you could ask the user to install a local smtp server? Perhaps there's
even one in Python somewhere in the libs or on the net. Otherwise, there are
free ones available for Windows and Linux comes with a whole battery of servers,
so that shouldn't be a problem.


-- 
Yours,

Andrei

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