[Info-vax] $ mail/subj="test" NL: smtp%"John.Doe at gmail.com" failed

[Henry Crun]

On 05/05/12 12:37, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> Paul Sture wrote 2012-05-05 10:26:
>> On Fri, 04 May 2012 16:19:33 +0200, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>>
>>> Some other packages supports encryption or SMPT AUTH. I use the built-in
>>> SMTP support in the Python port for OpenVMS for my outgoing mails from
>>> my office/hobbyist OpenVMS box.
>>
>> That's a good tip thank you.
>
> My COM file to send MAIL AUTH using Python is below.
> It takes two params, a receiver and a filename, the file
> is MIME-encoded and attached to the mail.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> $ type util:[pymail]pymail.com
> $ def mailto "''p1'"
> $ def mailfile "''p2'"
> $ python
>
> #
> # Import the rellevant modules.
> #
>
> from vms.rtl.lib import delete_logical, get_logical, set_logical
> import smtplib
> from email.mime.text import MIMEText
> from email.mime.application import MIMEApplication
> from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
>
> #
> # Fetch the two logaicals.
> #
>
> try:
> tmp1, mailto_logical, tmp2 = get_logical('MAILTO','LNM$FILE_DEV')
> except:
> print "Logical MAILTO not found."
> raise
>
> try:
> tmp1, mailfile_logical, tmp2 = get_logical('MAILFILE','LNM$FILE_DEV')
> except:
> print "Logical MAILFILE not found."
> raise
>
>
> #
> # Set up a few variables.
> # Using a fixed "sender" address here.
> #
>
> attfile = mailfile_logical
> me = "janne at jescab2.dyndns.org"
> you = mailto_logical
>
> #
> # Create the body of the mail.
> #
>
> msg = MIMEMultipart()
>
> #
> # Read the datafile and attach.
> #
>
> fp = open(attfile, 'rb')
> att_tmp = MIMEApplication(fp.read())
> fp.close()
> att_tmp.set_param('name', attfile)
> msg.attach(att_tmp)
>
> #
> # Setup some header data.
> #
>
> msg['Subject'] = attfile
> msg['From'] = me
> msg['To'] = you
>
> #
> # Send the mail using my ISP smtp server and using the
> # user/pw I have got from my ISP.
> #
>
> s = smtplib.SMTP('mailout.telia.com',25)
> s.login('my_user','my_pw')
> s.sendmail(me, [you], msg.as_string())
> s.quit()
> $
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>>
>> I have up until now avoided Python, but I see it being used for things
>> like Dropbox, de-duplication backup systems and non-PHP* websites too.
>
> I have been using the Python port for VMS for several years. Not becuse
> it is Python per see, but becuse the large number of realy usefull
> tools that are included out-of-the-box. See the list at:
> http://www.vmspython.org/DownloadAndInstallationPython
>
> I have so far used at least these modules:
>
> pyPdf, A Pure-Python library built as a PDF toolkit
> rdb, Python module for accessing a Rdb database
> reportlab, Toolkit for programatically creating PDF documents
> suds, Suds is a lightweight SOAP python client for consuming Web Services
> xlwt, Package is for writing data and format information to Excel files.
>
>
> The "installation" is realy simple. Just download two LD container
> files and run a few lines at boot:
>
> $ ld CONNECT util:[python]jfplib0004a.dsk lda1:
> $ mount/system lda1: JFPLIB0004A
> $ @lda1:[000000]lib_startup
> $!
> $ ld CONNECT util:[python]JFPPY0100A.dsk lda2:
> $ mount/system lda2: JFPPY0100A
> $ @lda2:[000000]python_startup
>
> That's it.
>
> $ python
> Python 2.7.2+ (default, Oct 4 2011, 21:13:00) [DECC] on OpenVMS
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>  >>> [Exit]
>
> $
>
>
>>
>> * Over the last few months I have seen some extremely aggressive attacks
>> against Wordpress and other popular PHP solutions.
>>
>> Methinks it's time to look at alternatives.
>>
>
IIRC there used to be a SENDMAIL.COM to send mail with MIME attachements using
sys$system:tcpip$smtp_sff.exe

I have it somewhere among my souvenirs but it's a bit long to post here

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