>Here, I think is a strange problem. You can not resolve your own hostname.
>Is there no entry in /etc/hosts for linux with the IP-Address of your server?
>If not, try to insert such an entry.
Thanks for all your suggestions. I inserted my IP address for 'linux' into /etc/hosts. Now smtplib.SMTP() works. But the authentication fails. I tried all combinations of user/pass , but no joy.
I tried using gmail ( smtp.gmail.com), but it too shows some TLS error or something.
I ve searched google , but every script that is available for smtplib uses either sendmail or use their own/isp smtp server. None for connecting to yahoo/gmail/hotmail or other servers using authentication.
But anyway, ill try hotmail next. (If I can't get this smtp to work, I have to manually send mails to users :p, disastrous. ) Thanks for your time.
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