Mod_python and SMTP server

[Nancy]

Hi,
Is there any one knows, if I want to use mod_python to handle my
html form, I must have a SMTP server on my PC(winxp pro)?
Where can I get a free SMTP server?

I cann't follow mod_python's manual example
(http://www.svencoop.com/manual/mod/mod_python/tut-pub.html), why ...

Thanks a lot.

Nancy

 

[Lucas Raab]

Why not post your questions to the mod_python mailing list??

 

[Doug Holton]

Hi,
Is there any one knows, if I want to use mod_python to handle my
html form, I must have a SMTP server on my PC(winxp pro)?
Where can I get a free SMTP server?

I cann't follow mod_python's manual example
(http://www.svencoop.com/manual/mod/mod_python/tut-pub.html), why ...

Right, the example assumes you are running on Linux or Mac OS X, which
run an SMTP server (like sendmail) by default.

You could search for an STMP server for Windows (like blat or xmail),
but that isn't necessary.

You can change the SMTP_SERVER line in your program to use the same STMP
server that your email uses. Also, change WEBMASTER to your own email
address.
If that server requires you to login before allowing you to send email,
add this line to your script after "conn = smtplib.SMTP(SMTP_SERVER)":
conn.login(username, password)

 

[Nancy]

Why not post your questions to the mod_python mailing list??

How??

 

[Nancy]

Hi,
Very useful suggestion! Now the problem is, suppose I use hotmail as
my SMTP, who know what is the SMTP name of hotmail?
If I use another SMTP, I got an error:
error: (10061, 'Connection refused')

Now, what should I do?
Thanks a lot.

Nancy

 

[Lucas Raab]

Check out: http://mailman.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python. It's
got subsciption info and sign-up.

 

[David Fraser]

Hi,
Very useful suggestion! Now the problem is, suppose I use hotmail as
my SMTP, who know what is the SMTP name of hotmail?
If I use another SMTP, I got an error:
error: (10061, 'Connection refused')

Now, what should I do?
Thanks a lot.

Nancy

You're going to have trouble using hotmail as an SMTP server, as it
doesn't support SMTP...

David

 

[Nancy]

Hi,
So is there any other way to use python or mod_python writing a web page?
I mean not using form.py/email, no SMTP server.

Thanks a lot.

Nancy