Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.albasani.net!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail
Return-Path: <python@mrabarnett.plus.com>
X-Original-To: python-list@python.org
Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org
X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000
X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; 'subject:error': 0.03; 'value,': 0.04; 'string': 0.09; 'msg': 0.09; 'operator,': 0.09; 'subject:while': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; "'rb')": 0.16; 'be:': 0.16; 'from:addr:mrabarnett.plus.com': 0.16; 'from:addr:python': 0.16; 'from:name:mrab': 0.16; 'headers.': 0.16; 'localhost': 0.16; 'message-id:@mrabarnett.plus.com': 0.16; 'nameerror:': 0.16; 'prakash': 0.16; 'received:192.168.1.4': 0.16; 'subject:program': 0.16; 'subject:send': 0.16; 'subject:writing': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'trying': 0.19; 'starts': 0.20; 'import': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'error': 0.23; 'sorry,': 0.24; 'defined': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'programming.': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'getting': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'text': 0.33; 'open': 0.33; 'url:python': 0.33; '(most': 0.33; 'plain': 0.33; 'skip:# 10': 0.33; 'message.': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'hi,': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'url:library': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'recent': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'new': 0.61; 'simple': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'name': 0.63; 'email addr:gmail.com"': 0.84
X-CM-Score: 0.00
X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=Uv7tNoAB c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=0nF1XD0wxitMEM03M9B4ZQ==:117 a=0nF1XD0wxitMEM03M9B4ZQ==:17 a=0Bzu9jTXAAAA:8 a=u9EReRu7m0cA:10 a=3Kf9FMe-JDoA:10 a=4TFnWSbgze8A:10 a=ihvODaAuJD4A:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=EBOSESyhAAAA:8 a=8AHkEIZyAAAA:8 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=6QYeqS8Fv_M1tCZi68UA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=egxqZzf5gs0A:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10
X-AUTH: mrabarnett:2500
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:59:49 +0100
From: MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: python-list@python.org
Subject: Re: error while writing program to send mail.
References: <540502CD.8030209@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <540502CD.8030209@gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15
Precedence: list
List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language <python-list.python.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/>
List-Post: <mailto:python-list@python.org>
List-Help: <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=subscribe>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Message-ID: <mailman.13701.1409615992.18130.python-list@python.org>
Lines: 62
NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6
X-Trace: 1409615992 news.xs4all.nl 2917 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47559
X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl
Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:77422

On 2014-09-02 00:35, Om Prakash wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am writing this program from
> https://docs.python.org/2/library/email-examples.html
>
> but getting the error as
>
> singhom@debian:~/pythons$ python send_email.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>     File "send_email.py", line 18, in <module>
>       msg['Subject']  = 'The contents of $s' % message
> NameError: name 'message' is not defined
>
>
> i know the error would be something simple and i am overlooking it, any
> help would be highly appreciated, I am sorry, but I am very new to
> python programming.
>
> code starts here.
> #/usr/bin/python2.7 -tt
>
> ## sending a simple text message using python.
> import smtplib
>
> from email.mime.text import MIMEText
>
> # Open file for reading.
> fp = open("message", 'rb')
> # Create a plain text message.
> msg = MIMEText(fp.read())
>
> fp.close

That should be:

fp.close()

>
> me = "torque.india@gmail.com"
> you = "oomprakash@gmail.com"
>
> msg['Subject']  = 'The contents of $s' % message

You're trying to use the format operator, but:

1. You never bound the name 'message' to a value, hence:

     NameError: name 'message' is not defined

2. The format string contains '$s' instead of '%s'.

> msg['From'] = me
> msg['To'] = you
>
> # Send message thorugh localhost but don't include the envelope headers.
>
> s = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
> s.sendmail(me, [you], msg.as_string())
> s.quit()
>