smtplib

[askalottaqs]

Hello people!

I have a little problem here sending an email using python, I have never worked with smtp, not my field at all, I know i need to setup a listener or something on my computer in order to be able to send an email, now i know this code should be able to send the email


import smtplib

s = smtplib.SMTP('l ocalhost')
s.sendmail('fal seemail@nothing .com', 'recipient@host .com, 'hi there!')
s.quit()



but i get this error message

AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__path__'


I think it's something to do with the smtp setup on my own machine, could anyone help me please?

Thanks a bunch

[numberwhun]

Any chance you could tell us what OS you are on first?

Regards,

Jeff

[askalottaqs]

oops, Windows XP SP2

[kaarthikeyapreyan]

Check if your configured mail Server is listening at port 25, that port is associated with the internet operations. if u r not able to configure your mail server to that port check if there in already an SMTP service running at that port.
your code worked fine for me

>>> import smtplib
>>> s= smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
>>> s.sendmail('xxx@mydomain.com','yyy@gmail.com','smtp Mail')
{}
>>> s.quit()