Re: Python cannot use SMTP...

Josh Close <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Sep 2004 09:10:30 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.python.sybase
Message-ID <[email protected]>
It looks like the email server uses a db to store it's
users/hosts/domains/etc, and it can't access it "Error: Access denied
for user...". This would allow for someone to send out but have errors
trying to recieve to the server 'cause it can't lookup the info it
needs.

-Josh

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:56:11 +0200, JZ <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wed, 01 Sep 2004 08:33:51 -0400, na comp.lang.python, Peter Hansen
> napisaƂ(a):
> 
> > The first three characters are the critical part.  If they aren't
> > a three-digit SMTP response code, your server is likely borken.
> > If you post the results, someone might have some advice, but it's
> > not likely this is a Python issue.
> 
> via telnet localhost 25:
> ...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> db_connect: failed to connect to database: Error: Access denied for user:
> 'admin@localhost' (Using password: YES)
> 220 NS1.4U2.PL ESMTP
> 
> Strange, because I can send emails from bash using mail command. I can send
> email with php scripts as well (using mail() function). php.ini file has
> empty settings for SMTP, so it uses default system settings...
> 
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