Question

i’ve looked online but every time i try to connect to the localhost it says connection refused. Do i need to sign into a valid email address to send email?
Here is my EXACT code.

>>> import smtplib

>>> sender = '[e-mail]'

#this is my exact sender name bc i don't know if i need to use a valid email address or if i can just make up one since i dont need a password and username

>>> receiver = ['[e-mail]']

#again, i dont know what to use for the receiver email address

>>> message = 'this is a test'

>>> s = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#4>", line 1, in <module>
    s = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 242, in __init__
    (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 302, in connect
    self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 277, in _get_socket
    return socket.create_connection((port, host), timeout)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 571, in create_connection
    raise err
error: [Errno 61] Connection refused

the connection refused error is my problem. i’ve looked online but i can’t figure out how to connect it.

Answer 1

If you want to use gmail to send your message there is some code at: http://www.nixtutor.com/linux/send-mail-through-gmail-with-python/ that you can use. It should be pretty self explaining..