Sending mail in python
Submitted by achillean on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 08:47.A quick Python function that shows how to send an email.
def send_mail(destination, source, subject, text, smtp_addr='localhost'):
"""Simple function to send an email.
destination
The email address that the message should be sent to.
source
The 'From' address that will be used for the email.
subject
The subject/ title of the email.
text
The actual message/ content of the email.
smtp_addr
The hostname or IP address of the SMTP server that will deliver the
email.
Example usage:
send_mail('my_friend@test.com', 'bgates@microsoft.com',
'Hi!', 'Just checking in.')
"""
import email.Message
import smtplib
mail = email.Message.Message()
mail['To'] = destination
mail['From'] = source
mail['Subject'] = subject
mail.set_payload(text)
server = smtplib.SMTP(smtp_addr)
server.sendmail(source, destination, mail.as_string())
server.quit()
"""Simple function to send an email.
destination
The email address that the message should be sent to.
source
The 'From' address that will be used for the email.
subject
The subject/ title of the email.
text
The actual message/ content of the email.
smtp_addr
The hostname or IP address of the SMTP server that will deliver the
email.
Example usage:
send_mail('my_friend@test.com', 'bgates@microsoft.com',
'Hi!', 'Just checking in.')
"""
import email.Message
import smtplib
mail = email.Message.Message()
mail['To'] = destination
mail['From'] = source
mail['Subject'] = subject
mail.set_payload(text)
server = smtplib.SMTP(smtp_addr)
server.sendmail(source, destination, mail.as_string())
server.quit()
Addressing Outlook Express IMAP Timeouts and Disconnects
Submitted by Vlad on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 22:18.Ever seen the cryptic "0x800ccc0f" error when trying to synchronize your IMAP folders in Outlook? The rather cryptic Microsoft errors are useless. There are literally hundreds of websites that discuss this issue and damn near everyone of them is also useless. This one is not.
