On Feb 22, 9:27 pm, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > Stef Mientki wrote: > > hello, > > > in my python desktop applications, > > I'ld like to implement a crash reporter. > > By redirecting the sys.excepthook, > > I can detect a crash and collect the necessary data. > > Now I want that my users sends this information to me, > > and I can't find a good way of doing this. > > > The following solutions came into my mind: > > (most of my users are on Windows, and the programs are written in Python > > 2.6) > > > 1. mailto: > > doesn't work if the the user didn't install a default email client, > > or if the user uses a portable email client (that isn't started yet) > > Besides this limits the messages to small amounts of data. > > > 2.other mail options: smtp > > AFAIK such a solution needs smtp authorization, and therefor I've to put > > my username and password in the desktop application. > > Try reading the documentation for Python's smtplib module. > > You don't need to provide any password. > > > > > 3. http-post > > Although post is also limited in size, > > I could store information in cookies (don't know yet how), and cookies > > are sent parallel to the post message. > > On the server site I can use a small php script, that stores the > > post-data, cookies and/or send's a (long) email. > > > are there better options ?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
Try http://code.activestate.com/recipes/442459/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
