Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Tryign to send mail via a python script by using the local MTA Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:37:44 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <305a2044-a13e-47f8-9cc1-9e3482424616@googlegroups.com> <52366466$0$29988$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5236B356.7030308@rece.vub.ac.be> <5236BD75.5080904@rece.vub.ac.be> <5236C4B7.3070601@rece.vub.ac.be> <52379718$0$29988$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1379428664 20312 64.122.56.22 (17 Sep 2013 14:37:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:37:44 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:54306 On 2013-09-17, Heiko Wundram wrote: > > Am 17.09.2013 01:41, schrieb Steven D'Aprano: >> I cannot fathom for the life of me a legitimate reason for your >> website to use a fake IP address and hostname when sending email. > > In addition to that: it's amazing that Nikos thinks TCP will still > work in the presence of spoofed IP addresses. Email without TCP is a > challenge, at the least. Somehow I doubt Nikos is up to the task of settup up UUCP and a bank of dial-up modems. Even if he could manage it, there probably isn't anybody to dial-up... -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Where's SANDY DUNCAN? at gmail.com