Simple test plain SMTP + STARTTLS + AUTH works

gistfile1.py

#! /usr/bin/python -tt

from smtplib import SMTP

from getpass import getpass

def main():
    """
    entry point
    """

    server = SMTP(HOST)

    server.starttls()

    print server.ehlo(OTHER_HOST)

    user = raw_input('user: ')
    password = getpass('password: ')

    print server.login(user, password)
    server.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

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