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pythongh-120662: Improve smtplib example (python#120668)
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Co-authored-by: Alex Waygood <Alex.Waygood@Gmail.com>
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picnixz and AlexWaygood committed Jun 19, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -556,34 +556,33 @@ This example prompts the user for addresses needed in the message envelope ('To'
and 'From' addresses), and the message to be delivered. Note that the headers
to be included with the message must be included in the message as entered; this
example doesn't do any processing of the :rfc:`822` headers. In particular, the
'To' and 'From' addresses must be included in the message headers explicitly. ::
'To' and 'From' addresses must be included in the message headers explicitly::

import smtplib

def prompt(prompt):
return input(prompt).strip()
def prompt(title):
return input(title).strip()

fromaddr = prompt("From: ")
toaddrs = prompt("To: ").split()
from_addr = prompt("From: ")
to_addrs = prompt("To: ").split()
print("Enter message, end with ^D (Unix) or ^Z (Windows):")

# Add the From: and To: headers at the start!
msg = ("From: %s\r\nTo: %s\r\n\r\n"
% (fromaddr, ", ".join(toaddrs)))
lines = [f"From: {from_addr}", f"To: {', '.join(to_addrs)}", ""]
while True:
try:
line = input()
except EOFError:
break
if not line:
break
msg = msg + line
else:
lines.append(line)

msg = "\r\n".join(lines)
print("Message length is", len(msg))

server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
server = smtplib.SMTP("localhost")
server.set_debuglevel(1)
server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddrs, msg)
server.sendmail(from_addr, to_addrs, msg)
server.quit()

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