email module, redirecting to stdout

[Laszlo Zsolt Nagy]

Hello,

I have this code:

s = smtplib.SMTP()
s.set_debugleve l(1)
s.connect(host= smtp_host)
s.set_debugleve l(0)
log("Connected, sending e-mail")
sys.stdout.flus h()
s.sendmail(
consts.EMAIL_FR OMADDRESS,
[to],
msg.as_string()
)
log("E-mail sent OK")
s.quit()

The problem is that whenever I set the debuglevel to 1, messages will go
to stderr. I would like them to go to stdout. Using

sys.stderr = sys.stdout

has no effect. Redirecting stderr to stdout from the shell is not an
option for me, because I need to use stderr for other messages.

Thanks,

Les

[Peter Otten]

Re: email module, redirecting to stdout

Laszlo Zsolt Nagy wrote:
[color=blue]
> I have this code:
>
> s = smtplib.SMTP()
> s.set_debugleve l(1)
> s.connect(host= smtp_host)
> s.set_debugleve l(0)
> log("Connected, sending e-mail")
> sys.stdout.flus h()
> s.sendmail(
> consts.EMAIL_FR OMADDRESS,
> [to],
> msg.as_string()
> )
> log("E-mail sent OK")
> s.quit()
>
> The problem is that whenever I set the debuglevel to 1, messages will go
> to stderr. I would like them to go to stdout. Using
>
> sys.stderr = sys.stdout
>
> has no effect. Redirecting stderr to stdout from the shell is not an
> option for me, because I need to use stderr for other messages.[/color]

smtplib obtains a copy of stderr by

from sys import stderr

Therefore you have to do

smtplib.stderr = sys.stdout

to get the desired effect.

Peter

[Just]

Re: email module, redirecting to stdout

In article <dhu2vh$ivo$00$ 1@news.t-online.com>,
Peter Otten <__peter__@web. de> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Laszlo Zsolt Nagy wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I have this code:
> >
> > s = smtplib.SMTP()
> > s.set_debugleve l(1)
> > s.connect(host= smtp_host)
> > s.set_debugleve l(0)
> > log("Connected, sending e-mail")
> > sys.stdout.flus h()
> > s.sendmail(
> > consts.EMAIL_FR OMADDRESS,
> > [to],
> > msg.as_string()
> > )
> > log("E-mail sent OK")
> > s.quit()
> >
> > The problem is that whenever I set the debuglevel to 1, messages will go
> > to stderr. I would like them to go to stdout. Using
> >
> > sys.stderr = sys.stdout
> >
> > has no effect. Redirecting stderr to stdout from the shell is not an
> > option for me, because I need to use stderr for other messages.[/color]
>
> smtplib obtains a copy of stderr by
>
> from sys import stderr
>
> Therefore you have to do
>
> smtplib.stderr = sys.stdout
>
> to get the desired effect.[/color]

Ouch. I'd consider this a bug. "from sys import stderr" should at least
be considered bad style.

Just

[Peter Otten]

Re: email module, redirecting to stdout

Just wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
>> smtplib obtains a copy of stderr by
>> from sys import stderr[/color][/color]
[color=blue]
> Ouch. I'd consider this a bug. "from sys import stderr" should at least
> be considered bad style.[/color]

I'd rather say this is the low-tech equivalent to

debug = logging.getLogg er("smtplib").d ebug

an approach which is currently only taken by the cookielib module.

Peter