Python smtplib: Why is the connection refused?
connection, email, python, send, smtp
Solution
SMTPlib is going to try to connect to an SMTP service, usually running on port 25, though it can run on various other ports. Sounds like maybe you need to install sendmail, postfix, or something of that nature.
Problem
So, in the Python interpreter, I do this (and only this): ``` >>> import smtplib >>> s=smtplib.SMTP("localhost") ``` And this is what I get: ``` Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python3.4/smtplib.py", line 242, in __init__ (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/smtplib.py", line 321, in connect self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/smtplib.py", line 292, in _get_socket self.source_address) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/socket.py", line 509, in create_connection raise err File "/usr/lib/python3.4/socket.py", line 500, in create_connection sock.connect(sa) ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 111] Connection refused ``` Does anyone have any ideas as to why am I getting this error? (That's my question.) It's not supposed to do that from what I understand. Tell me if I'm wrong. I'm using Xubuntu 14.04. If you need more information, please ask. I don't know of anything else I can tell you, off-hand. Thanks!