Am 15.08.2012 14:16, schrieb Helmut Jarausch: > Hi, > > I'm sorry to ask such a FAQ but still I couldn't find an answer - neither in > the docs nor the web. > > What's wrong with the following script? > > Many thanks for a hint, > Helmut. > > #!/usr/bin/python3 > #_*_ coding: latin1 _*_ > > import smtplib > from email.message import Message > import datetime > > msg= Message() > msg.set_charset('latin-1') > msg['Subject'] = "*** Email Test ***" > msg['From'] = "email_tes...@numa-sv.igpm.rwth-aachen.de" > msg['To'] = "jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de" > msg['Date'] = datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime('%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p') > > server= smtplib.SMTP("igpm.igpm.rwth-aachen.de") > msg.set_payload("Gedanken über einen Test","iso-8859-1")
You mustn't combine set_charset() with set_payload() with a charset. That results into invalid output: >>> msg = Message() >>> msg.set_payload("Gedanken über einen Test", "iso-8859-1") >>> msg.as_string() 'MIME-Version: 1.0\nContent-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable\n\nGedanken =FCber einen Test' >>> msg2 = Message() >>> msg2.set_charset("iso-8859-1") >>> msg2.set_payload("Gedanken über einen Test", "iso-8859-1") >>> msg2.as_string() 'MIME-Version: 1.0\nContent-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable\n\nGedanken über einen Test' Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list