[Python-talk] Troubleshooting smtp(?)

[Curtis Sandoval]

Okay, I was able to resolve this with the help of those who replied.  I
checked the queue and it was full of messages like "server <server> won't
talk to me", so I cleared the queue and corrected the smtp server entry (to
point to Roadrunner's smtp server) in the mail transfer agent section of
Yast.  I'm still looking into why this would fail Monday on a headless and
unchanged box, but it does work now and the problem was an incorrect smtp
server entry according to the message queue.  I had not set up an smtp
server entry previously, relying on the box's standard smtp server from
original installation, but now the entry is made and correct.  Not sure why
it was needed suddenly, but it works.  Thanks.

2009/4/15 Curtis Sandoval <curtis.sandoval at gmail.com>

> I actually did try the python interpreter, just after running the scripts
> from the console to look for errors, and it all reports back fine.  The
> scripts log their start and stop and errors, and that looks fine.  I'll look
> at the mail queues now and the logs, and try the debug level thing to see if
> that tells me anything.  I'll report what I find.
>
> 2009/4/14 Kent Johnson <kent37 at tds.net>
>
>  On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Curtis Sandoval
>> <curtis.sandoval at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > All,
>> >
>> > I've run into an odd problem.  I've been running python (2.5) scripts on
>> a
>> > Linux box (Suse 10.2) for probably two years through cron.  These
>> scripts
>> > email me using python's smtplib and the sample code from the Python
>> > documentation, and nothing has been changed on the o/s or the python or
>> the
>> > Linksys wireless router that is hooked into my Roadrunner cable
>> modem. (The
>> > machine itself runs with no monitor, I only shell into it and manage the
>> > scripts) On Monday I didn't get all of my expected messages, and I have
>> > ruled out nearly everything.  Roadrunner says it's my problem, but I
>> > suspected it was some sort of Conficker countermeasure.
>>
>> If you call set_debuglevel(1) on the SMTP object in your script, it
>> will log the interaction with the SMTP server to stderr. Capture that
>> to a file and you may get some clues.
>>
>> You could also try the code from a Python console session and see what
>> is happening.
>>
>> Kent
>>
>
>
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