Python Shell SMTP debugging server error (Django)

Question

I am trying to test sending mail from the python shell with an SMTP server. I entered the python shell and then...

python -m smtpd -n -c DebuggingServer localhost:1025

but I receive this error

File "<console>", line 1
python -m smtpd -n -c DebuggingServer localhost:1025
              ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Any clue how to fix this? Thanks.

One can find solution here regarding the problem: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14019578/python-django-smtp-debugserver-doesnt-catch-emails — Jay Modi, Dec 19 '15 at 10:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 25 '13 at 03:35

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python shell? I think you should use the the "python -m smtpd -m -n -c ..." directly in the cmd of Windows or terminal of someother OS.

if you want to use in the python shell, try os.system or os.popen

answered Nov 25 '13 at 03:35

Priestch

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 30 '18 at 05:04

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The command you enterpython -m smtpd -n -c DebuggingServer localhost:1025 is not a shell command. The command has to be directly executed from the terminal or the command prompt. Note: The command might need sudo privilege to start the smtp server.

answered Jan 30 '18 at 05:04

TheAztec

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Python Shell SMTP debugging server error (Django)

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