[Tutor] confusing smtp problem

[nephish]

Sorry about the delay getting back on this one guys,
yeah, i am running a linux machine.
no firewall between here and there (both behind a firewall router)
yeah, sylpheed does send on port 25
the windows machine has the Merek email server on board.
i would like my scripts to be able to send to it,
as a backup, but the debian linux MTA (Exim i think) is working.
So it isn't too big a deal if it does not.
telnet and helo does work, it lets me in from the command line 
from the linux machine (where my python scripts are) to the win
machine (where the other mail server is)

we dont need POP for this at all, we are sending only.

incidentally, i appreciate you guys time and attention to this.

all the best,
shawn



On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 19:38 -0400, Reed L. O'Brien wrote:
> nephish wrote:
> > ok, my fault. the router assigned the smtp server a different address
> > no longer 10.10.10.32, now 10.10.10.04
> > tried the telnet thing and it worked, so i still dont know
> > why the script isnt working
> >
> > thanks
> Does it still give the same error????
> 
> ib.py", line 347, in getreply
> raise SMTPServerDisconnected("Connection unexpectedly closed")
> SMTPServerDisconnected: Connection unexpectedly closed
> 
> or is it different??
> 
> ~reed
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > On 07/20/2005 03:32:10 PM, Reed L. O'Brien wrote:
> >> nephish wrote:
> >> > On 07/20/2005 12:24:04 PM, Reed L. O'Brien wrote:
> >> >> nephish wrote:
> >> >> > Hey there, i am trying to get an email through an SMTP server on
> >> a
> >> >> > windows computer from a linux machine on the same network.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>>> import smtplib
> >> >> >>>> import MySQLdb
> >> >> >>>> Server = smtplib.SMTP('10.10.10.32')
> >> >> >>>> ToAddress = 'nephish at xit.net'
> >> >> >>>> FromAddress = 'nephish at xit.net.com'
> >> >> >>>> Message = 'Some text message'
> >> >> >>>> Server.sendmail(FromAddress, ToAddress, Message)
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> > {}
> >> >> >
> >> >> > but nothing goes through,
> >> >> > now if i do this...
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>>> Server.connect()
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >
> >> >> > i get this
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Traceback (innermost last):
> >> >> >    File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> >> >> >    File "/usr/lib/python2.3/smtplib.py", line 303, in connect
> >> >> >      (code, msg) = self.getreply()
> >> >> >    File "/usr/lib/python2.3/smtplib.py", line 347, in getreply
> >> >> >      raise SMTPServerDisconnected("Connection unexpectedly
> >> closed")
> >> >> > SMTPServerDisconnected: Connection unexpectedly closed
> >> >> >
> >> >> > now if i use the server on this computer ('localhost')
> >> >> > everything works ok.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > any ideas?
> >> >> > thanks,
> >> >> > <><
> >> >> >
> >> >> > _______________________________________________
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> >> >> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
> >> >> >
> >> >> Can you telnet to port 25  on the other server?
> >> >> What does it respond to an EHLO command?
> >> >> HELO?
> >> >> can you get it to deliver there?
> >> >>
> >> >> ~r
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> 4.6692916090
> >> >> 'cmVlZG9icmllbkBnbWFpbC5jb20=\n'.decode('base64')
> >> >> http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=16474&t=1
> >> >> keyID: 0x0FA09FCE
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> > i did this
> >> > telnet 10.10.10.32
> >> > it responded with "unable to connect to remote host, connection
> >> refused"
> >> >
> >> > hmmm, perhaps there is something i am missing here.
> >> > this computer sits at 10.10.10.24
> >> > the mail server is at 10.10.10.32
> >> > and the other computer on the lan that can use it effectivly is at
> >> > 10.10.10.5 maybe the program it is using is passing some sort of
> >> > parameter that i am missing here.
> >> >
> >> > will check it all out again.
> >> >
> >> > thanks
> >> >
> >> That would be
> >> """use the IP you choose in lieu of localhost
> >>     The 25 tels  it to connect to the smtp port"""
> >> telnet localhost 25
> >> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> >> Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).
> >> Escape character is '^]'.
> >> 220 my.dom.com ESMTP
> >> EHLO any.com
> >> 250-my.dom.com
> >> 250-AUTH LOGIN CRAM-MD5 PLAIN
> >> 250-AUTH=LOGIN CRAM-MD5 PLAIN
> >> 250-STARTTLS
> >> 250-PIPELINING
> >> 250 8BITMIME
> >>
> >> Try HELO if EHLO doesn't work.  If you can't connect at all, no smtp
> >> server is running; or it is running on a non-standard port.
> >>
> >> best,
> >> ~r
> >>
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> 4.6692916090
> >> 'cmVlZG9icmllbkBnbWFpbC5jb20=\n'.decode('base64')
> >> http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=16474&t=1
> >> keyID: 0x0FA09FCE
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> 
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