smtp debugging methods

[Sean Nakasone]

I'm having trouble with sending smtp mail. It's hanging after the
smtplib.SMTP() line. It doesn't works from home but not from work. What's
the best way to debug this?

# Here's my script
import smtplib
msg = "Subject: Hello\n\nThis is the\nbody of the message."
server = smtplib.SMTP("s mtp.gmail.com", 465)
# "Connection refused" normally means there is no server listening for
# connections on the specified IP/port-combination.
# use netstat -an to view connections.
server.set_debu glevel(1)
server.ehlo()
server.starttls ()
server.ehlo()
# !!! set the password
server.login("m yuser", "mypass")
server.sendmail ("...

# Here's the error

>>server = smtplib.SMTP("s mtp.gmail.com", 465)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/smtplib.py", line 241, in __init__
(code, msg) = self.connect(ho st, port)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/smtplib.py", line 304, in connect
(code, msg) = self.getreply()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/smtplib.py", line 345, in getreply
line = self.file.readl ine()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/socket.py", line 340, in readline
data = self._sock.recv (self._rbufsize )
socket.error: (113, 'Software caused connection abort')

[Jon Ribbens]

On 2007-09-14, Sean Nakasone <se**********@y ahoo.comwrote:

I'm having trouble with sending smtp mail. It's hanging after the
smtplib.SMTP() line. It doesn't works from home but not from work. What's
the best way to debug this?

# Here's the error

>>>server = smtplib.SMTP("s mtp.gmail.com", 465)

smtp.gmail.com port 465 is SSL only. Try port 587 instead.

[Tim Williams]

On 14/09/2007, Sean Nakasone <se**********@y ahoo.comwrote:

I'm having trouble with sending smtp mail. It's hanging after the
smtplib.SMTP() line. It doesn't works from home but not from work. What's
the best way to debug this?

# Here's my script
import smtplib
msg = "Subject: Hello\n\nThis is the\nbody of the message."
server = smtplib.SMTP("s mtp.gmail.com", 465)
# "Connection refused" normally means there is no server listening for
# connections on the specified IP/port-combination.
# use netstat -an to view connections.
server.set_debu glevel(1)
server.ehlo()
server.starttls ()
server.ehlo()
# !!! set the password
server.login("m yuser", "mypass")
server.sendmail ("...

# Here's the error

>server = smtplib.SMTP("s mtp.gmail.com", 465)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/smtplib.py", line 241, in __init__
(code, msg) = self.connect(ho st, port)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/smtplib.py", line 304, in connect
(code, msg) = self.getreply()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/smtplib.py", line 345, in getreply
line = self.file.readl ine()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/socket.py", line 340, in readline
data = self._sock.recv (self._rbufsize )
socket.error: (113, 'Software caused connection abort')

There is no SMTP service on port 465 , its some other "service" or the
smtp server is in trouble, try it with port 587 instead.

HTH :)

[Tim Roberts]

Sean Nakasone <se**********@y ahoo.comwrote:

>
I'm having trouble with sending smtp mail. It's hanging after the
smtplib.SMTP () line. It doesn't works from home but not from work. What's
the best way to debug this?

It's quite possible that your network at work has a firewall blocking these
ports. Many employers allow outgoing connections only on ports 25, 80, and
443.
--
Tim Roberts, ti**@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.