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Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via apython script

Date 2013-09-06 11:10 +0200
From David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.networking
Subject Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via apython script
References <l0aaf9$2fe$1@dont-email.me>
Message-ID <ytydndBJypiLAbTPnZ2dnUVZ8nSdnZ2d@lyse.net> (permalink)

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On 05/09/13 18:11, Ferrous Cranus wrote:
> 
> 
> i as root just installed
> 
> sendmail and mailx. i have edited the ~/.mailrc to use:
> 
> 
> nikos@superhost.gr [~/www/cgi-bin]# cat ~/.mailrc
> account gmail {
> set smtp-use-starttls
> set smtp=smtp://smtp.gmail.com:587
> set smtp-auth=login
> set smtp-auth-user=may)gmail
> set smtp-auth-password=my_gmail_pass_not_stupid_enough_to_wite _it_again
> }e
> 
> 
> 
> And now i'm trying  to:
> 
> 
> cmd = "echo %s | mailx -A gmail -r %s -s %s %s"  %  (MESSAGE, FROM,
> SUBJECT, TO)
> p=subprocess.Popen( cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE )
> output, errors = p.communicate()
> print( errors, output )
> 
> 
> Any ideas please why this fails to work?
> while i remove the '-A gmail' string in the cmd line then i can send
> fast mail but only to mail containing the @superhost.gr trail.
> 
> i need to be eble to send to external mails to.

The obvious question here is why are you trying to use sendmail and
mailx?  You are writing a script in Python, and you want to send mail
via an SMTP server.  Just use Python's SMTP module.

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Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-05 19:11 +0300
  Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2013-09-05 18:13 +0000
    Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-06 09:19 +0300
      Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2013-09-06 08:50 +0000
        Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-06 12:06 +0300
          Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2013-09-06 14:10 -0400
            Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-07 08:33 +0300
              Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2013-09-07 08:33 -0400
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-07 23:24 +0300
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2013-09-07 16:54 -0400
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-08 09:58 +0300
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-08 10:57 +0300
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2013-09-08 10:11 -0400
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-08 17:16 +0300
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-08 18:23 -0700
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-08 18:35 -0700
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2013-09-09 17:11 -0400
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-09 14:40 -0700
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2013-09-09 18:15 -0400
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2013-09-08 16:42 +0200
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-08 18:41 +0300
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-09-08 17:56 +0100
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-09 11:09 +0300
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-09-09 21:31 +0100
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2013-09-09 19:35 +0000
  Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-06 00:22 -0700
    Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-06 11:09 +0300
      Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-07 15:39 -0700
      Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-07 15:41 -0700
    Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-07 16:20 -0700
      Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-08 09:54 +0300
        Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-08 13:15 -0700
          Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-09 11:29 +0300
            Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-09 11:44 -0700
            Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-09-09 22:07 +0100
              Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2013-09-09 17:33 -0400
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-09-10 16:38 +0100
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-10 22:37 +0300
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2013-09-10 23:04 +0200
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-09-10 22:05 +0100
  Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2013-09-06 11:10 +0200
    Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-06 12:17 +0300
      Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2013-09-08 16:34 +0200
        Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-08 18:37 +0300
          Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2013-09-09 01:57 +0200

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