atupal

import sys, select

print "You have ten seconds to answer!"

i, o, e = select.select( [sys.stdin], [], [], 10 )

if (i):
  print "You said", sys.stdin.readline().strip()
else:
  print "You said nothing!"

james2doyle

curl --connect-timeout 15 -v --insecure "smtp://smtp.example.com:25" -u "username:password"
\ --mail-from "sender@example.com" --mail-rcpt "destination@example.com"
\ -T email-contents.txt --ssl