>
> import smtplib
> server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
> server.sendmail('[email protected]',
> """To: [email protected]
> From: [email protected]
>
> Beware the Ides of March.
> """)
> server.quit()
>
> when running this I get the following message. Please help:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "D:\ProgramDev\PythonDev\sendemail.py", line 3, in <module>
> server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
> File
> "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\smtplib.py",
> line 251, in __init__
> (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
> File
> "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\smtplib.py",
> line 335, in connect
> self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
> File
> "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\smtplib.py",
> line 306, in _get_socket
> self.source_address)
> File
> "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\socket.py",
> line 722, in create_connection
> raise err
> File
> "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\socket.py",
> line 713, in create_connection
> sock.connect(sa)
> ConnectionRefusedError: [WinError 10061] No connection could be made
> because the target machine actively refused it
Your code is fine, but to send mail you need a SMTP server that accepts
connections. With:
server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
your code is saying that you have an SMTP server listening on your
localhost. I don't think you do.
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