Henning von Bargen added the comment:
I can give a little more information.
First, I created a very simple stand-alone test script (for Python >= 2.6):
#!/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import smtplib
# Adjust these!
HOST = "smtp.nowhere.local"
PORT = 25
from_name = u"Test Python smt
R. David Murray added the comment:
That is correct. Most SMTP gateways add the header on submission if it is
missing. At least a few other MUA programs do not automatically add the Date
header, they let the SMTP server do it. I have one person who sends me email
that saw this same problem (
New submission from Henning von Bargen:
I'm using CPython 2.7 with the smtplib and email modules to send emails with
SMTP.
Today, one of our clients complained that the email sent is not RFC 5322
compliant because the required Date header is missing. The RFC states in
section 3.6.:
"The only
