smtplib (111, 'Connection refused')

[Josh Close]

I'm using the smtplib module and I keep getting this error: (111,
'Connection refused') What could be causing this? I've tried it from a
different computer and it seems to work, but not from this specific
server. If port 25 was blocked for some reason, would that give me a
'connection refused' error?

-Josh

[Chris Green]

Josh Close <na****@gmail.c om> writes:

I'm using the smtplib module and I keep getting this error: (111,
'Connection refused') What could be causing this? I've tried it from a
different computer and it seems to work, but not from this specific
server. If port 25 was blocked for some reason, would that give me a
'connection refused' error?

Yes. When in doubt, try telnet <host> <port>.
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Chris Green <cm*@dok.org>
Fame may be fleeting but obscurity is forever.

[Martin v. Löwis]

Josh Close wrote:

I'm using the smtplib module and I keep getting this error: (111,
'Connection refused') What could be causing this?

This means there is no SMTP server running on the remote system.
However, there *is* a TCP implementation (typically the operating
system) on the other end that tells you port 25 is not being
listened to.

Regards,
Martin

[Josh Close]

Does smtplib even use a smtp server? I looked at the source and it
looks like it just connects via a socket and sends like that.

-Josh
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 21:52:23 +0200, Martin v. Löwis <ma****@v.loewi s.de> wrote:

Josh Close wrote:

I'm using the smtplib module and I keep getting this error: (111,
'Connection refused') What could be causing this?

This means there is no SMTP server running on the remote system.
However, there *is* a TCP implementation (typically the operating
system) on the other end that tells you port 25 is not being
listened to.

Regards,
Martin


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[Donn Cave]

In article <ma************ *************** ***********@pyt hon.org>,
Josh Close <na****@gmail.c om> wrote:

Does smtplib even use a smtp server? I looked at the source and it
looks like it just connects via a socket and sends like that.
That's what SMTP is, the protocol to be used on that socket.
Your program is an SMTP client. Where is the SMTP server?

Donn Cave, do**@u.washingt on.edu
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 21:52:23 +0200, Martin v. Löwis <ma****@v.loewi s.de>
wrote:

Josh Close wrote:

I'm using the smtplib module and I keep getting this error: (111,
'Connection refused') What could be causing this?

This means there is no SMTP server running on the remote system.
However, there *is* a TCP implementation (typically the operating
system) on the other end that tells you port 25 is not being
listened to.

Regards,
Martin

[phansen]

Josh Close wrote:

I'm using the smtplib module and I keep getting this error: (111,
'Connection refused') What could be causing this? I've tried it from a
different computer and it seems to work, but not from this specific
server. If port 25 was blocked for some reason, would that give me a
'connection refused' error?

Please show a snippet of the code you are using, so we can
see what you are trying to do here.

[Josh Close]

import smtplib

mail = smtplib.SMTP('l ocalhost')
mail.send('me', 'u***@domain.tl d','message goes here')
mail.quit()

but this fails at the smtplib.SMTP() line on one box, but not on another.

-Josh
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:17:47 -0400, phansen <pe***@engcorp. com> wrote:

Josh Close wrote:

I'm using the smtplib module and I keep getting this error: (111,
'Connection refused') What could be causing this? I've tried it from a
different computer and it seems to work, but not from this specific
server. If port 25 was blocked for some reason, would that give me a
'connection refused' error?

Please show a snippet of the code you are using, so we can
see what you are trying to do here.
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[Martin v. Löwis]

Josh Close wrote:

import smtplib

mail = smtplib.SMTP('l ocalhost')
mail.send('me', 'u***@domain.tl d','message goes here')
mail.quit()

but this fails at the smtplib.SMTP() line on one box, but not on another.

OK, so you have an SMTP server on one box but not another. Either
install an SMTP server on another box, or connect to "one box" on
both boxes, instead of connecting to "localhost" on either.

Regards,
Martin

[Tim Williams]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Close" <na****@gmail.c om>

import smtplib

mail = smtplib.SMTP('l ocalhost')
mail.send('me', 'u***@domain.tl d','message goes here')
mail.quit()

but this fails at the smtplib.SMTP() line on one box, but not on another.

You either only have an SMTP server running on one box (the successful one),
or localhost isn't configured properly on the failing machine