Can't connect to MS Exchange (SMTP) from WinXP

[Miki Tebeka]

Hello All,

I can't connect to our Excahnge server using smtplib from a WinXP box.
Connection to the same server from a Linux box works.

The code:
from smtplib import SMTP
s = SMTP("our-mail-server")

Works fine on Linux but gives the following error in WinXP:
raceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\cygwin\tmp\ smtpchk", line 5, in ?
s = SMTP("our-mail-server")
File "C:\apps\Python 23\lib\smtplib. py", line 240, in __init__
(code, msg) = self.connect(ho st, port)
File "C:\apps\Python 23\lib\smtplib. py", line 302, in connect
raise socket.error, msg
socket.error: (10053, 'Software caused connection abort')

Any ideas?

Thanks.
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Miki Tebeka <mi*********@zo ran.com>
http://tebeka.spymac.net
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[jack horsfield]

On 3 Oct 2004 02:35:14 -0700, Miki Tebeka wrote:

Hello All,

I can't connect to our Excahnge server using smtplib from a WinXP box.
Connection to the same server from a Linux box works.

The code:
from smtplib import SMTP
s = SMTP("our-mail-server")

Works fine on Linux but gives the following error in WinXP:
raceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\cygwin\tmp\ smtpchk", line 5, in ?
s = SMTP("our-mail-server")
File "C:\apps\Python 23\lib\smtplib. py", line 240, in __init__
(code, msg) = self.connect(ho st, port)
File "C:\apps\Python 23\lib\smtplib. py", line 302, in connect
raise socket.error, msg
socket.error: (10053, 'Software caused connection abort')

Any ideas?

Thanks.

is your antivirus software blocking the SMTP port (25)? McAfee 8.0i does so
by default...
jack
Good Morning! said Bilbo, and he meant it

[Miki Tebeka]

Hello jack,

[Miki]

I can't connect to our Excahnge server using smtplib from a WinXP box.
Connection to the same server from a Linux box works.

[Jack] is your antivirus software blocking the SMTP port (25)? McAfee 8.0i does so
by default...

Yap. Our McAfee was just upgraded to 8.0i.

Thanks.
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Miki Tebeka <mi*********@gm ail.com>
http://tebeka.spymac.net
The only difference between children and adults is the price of the toys