On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 2:44 PM, ashish makani <ashish.mak...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Folks, > > some more context so people presume we are spammers :) > > These emails are automated diagnostic emails sent to a group of a few > admins, so we get notified when a python heartbeat script, detects a > failure in things like n/w connectivity, router status, etc. > We dont use university email, we use gmail. > > Emile, > Please don't presume people's intentions (that we are sending spam) & > judge people without knowing anything about them. > We are a tiny startup trying to connect rural communities using voice & > ivr systems - http://gramvaani.org/ > > I think you might have been presuming Emile's intention too... Blocking port 587 is a standard, prudent, and correct action for the university (ANY network that allows guest access, actually) to take to help prevent spam. The problem is that you (and I do, truly, presume that your intentions are honorable) would not be the only person/system that could use port 587 if it were unblocked. Sure, we trust YOU - but what about everybody else? So there are several ways to go about this: - the standard way, which would be to use the university's SMTP server - which can require a username/password before sending; not perfect but better than nothing - you can work with the university's network admin to grant you or your app an exception to the firewall rule - IF their firewall, and their policies, allow such an exception - you could establish a VPN tunnel to some server outside of the university's network and send from port 587 on THAT machine. Complicated, weird, and not horribly secure. But doable. > Best, > ashish > > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Emile van Sebille <em...@fenx.com> wrote: > >> On 9/11/2012 2:19 PM ashish makani said... >> >>> Hi Python Tutor folks >>> >>> I am stuck with an issue, so am coming to the Pythonistas who rescue me >>> everytime :) >>> >>> I am trying to send out email programmatically, from a gmail a/c, using >>> smtplib, using the following chunk of code (b/w [ & ] below) >>> >>> [ >>> >>> import smtplib >>> from email.mime.text import MIMEText >>> >>> #uname, pwd are username & password of gmail a/c i am trying to send from >>> >>> server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:**587 <http://smtp.gmail.com:587>< >>> http://smtp.gmail.com:587/>') >>> >>> server.starttls() # get response(220, '2.0.0 Ready to start TLS') >>> server.login(uname,pwd) # get response(235, '2.7.0 Accepted') >>> >>> toaddrs = ['x...@gmail.com <mailto:x...@gmail.com>', 'y...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:y...@gmail.com>' ] # list of To email addresses >>> >>> msg = MIMEText('email body') >>> msg['Subject'] = 'email subject' >>> server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddrs, msg.as_string()) >>> >>> >>> ] >>> >>> The code above works perfectly fine on my local machine, but fails on >>> the production server at the university where i work( all ports other >>> than port 80 are blocked) :( >>> >> >> Good -- the university is taking steps to block spam. >> >> You should send mail using the university mail system and not >> smtp.gmail.com. >> >> Emile >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/tutor<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor> >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > >
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