On 04/08/07, Slippy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, python newbie, struggling to learn here. I'm trying to write a > simple program which posts messages to my google group (via email). > I'm using smtplib, email and email.message to build and send a > message, but all the header attributes are appearing in the message > body, so my messages are arriving with loads of junk in the body, no > subject line and only the skinniest of headers. I know I'm doing > something wrong, but I don't know what... > > Here's a simplification of what I'm doing....essentially, I've taken > from what I've learned at > http://codeidol.com/python/python3/Client-Side-Scripting/pymail-A-Console-Based-Email-Client/ > > -------------Snip Here-------------Snip Here-------------Snip > Here------------- > import smtplib, email > from email.message import Message > m = Message( ) > m['From'] = 'Slippy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>' > m['To'] = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > m['Subject'] = 'A Test Message' > m.set_payload('This is a test email. Please ignore') > s = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.myemail.com') > failed = > s.sendmail('[EMAIL PROTECTED]','[EMAIL PROTECTED]',str(m)) > if failed: > print 'Message sending failed.' > else: > print 'Message sent.' > print 'Bye.' > -------------Snip Here-------------Snip Here-------------Snip > Here------------- > > Now, I get all the right responses, and the message sends ok. I go and > check my inbox, and the message is there, but the From, To and Subject > lines I created (as well as a preceding blank line and a "From nobody" > line) are in the message body, followed by the body text. > > How do I assign values to the header? > > I'd appreciate any help anyone can give me with this.
Your script (as posted) works fine for me. I did need to change one import line to: from email.Message import Message (note the capitalization), but that was all - originally it stopped the script dead, so it wasn't the cause of your problem. -- Tim Williams -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
