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Internet Protocols and Support</a> »</li> </ul> </div> <div class="document"> <div class="documentwrapper"> <div class="bodywrapper"> <div class="body"> <div class="section" id="module-smtpd"> <h1>20.13. <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">smtpd</span></tt> — SMTP Server<a class="headerlink" href="#module-smtpd" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <p>This module offers several classes to implement SMTP servers. One is a generic do-nothing implementation, which can be overridden, while the other two offer specific mail-sending strategies.</p> <div class="section" id="smtpserver-objects"> <h2>20.13.1. SMTPServer Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#smtpserver-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <dl class="class"> <dt id="smtpd.SMTPServer"> <em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">smtpd.</tt><tt class="descname">SMTPServer</tt><big>(</big><em>localaddr</em>, <em>remoteaddr</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Create a new <a title="smtpd.SMTPServer" class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SMTPServer</span></tt></a> object, which binds to local address <em>localaddr</em>. It will treat <em>remoteaddr</em> as an upstream SMTP relayer. It inherits from <a title="asyncore.dispatcher" class="reference external" href="asyncore.html#asyncore.dispatcher"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">asyncore.dispatcher</span></tt></a>, and so will insert itself into <a title="A base class for developing asynchronous socket handling services." class="reference external" href="asyncore.html#module-asyncore"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">asyncore</span></tt></a>‘s event loop on instantiation.</p> <dl class="method"> <dt id="smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message"> <tt class="descname">process_message</tt><big>(</big><em>peer</em>, <em>mailfrom</em>, <em>rcpttos</em>, <em>data</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Raise <a title="exceptions.NotImplementedError" class="reference external" href="exceptions.html#exceptions.NotImplementedError"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">NotImplementedError</span></tt></a> exception. Override this in subclasses to do something useful with this message. Whatever was passed in the constructor as <em>remoteaddr</em> will be available as the <tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">_remoteaddr</span></tt> attribute. <em>peer</em> is the remote host’s address, <em>mailfrom</em> is the envelope originator, <em>rcpttos</em> are the envelope recipients and <em>data</em> is a string containing the contents of the e-mail (which should be in <span class="target" id="index-555"></span><a class="reference external" href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822.html"><strong>RFC 2822</strong></a> format).</dd></dl> </dd></dl> </div> <div class="section" id="debuggingserver-objects"> <h2>20.13.2. DebuggingServer Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#debuggingserver-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <dl class="class"> <dt id="smtpd.DebuggingServer"> <em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">smtpd.</tt><tt class="descname">DebuggingServer</tt><big>(</big><em>localaddr</em>, <em>remoteaddr</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.DebuggingServer" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Create a new debugging server. Arguments are as per <a title="smtpd.SMTPServer" class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SMTPServer</span></tt></a>. Messages will be discarded, and printed on stdout.</dd></dl> </div> <div class="section" id="pureproxy-objects"> <h2>20.13.3. PureProxy Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#pureproxy-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <dl class="class"> <dt id="smtpd.PureProxy"> <em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">smtpd.</tt><tt class="descname">PureProxy</tt><big>(</big><em>localaddr</em>, <em>remoteaddr</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.PureProxy" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Create a new pure proxy server. Arguments are as per <a title="smtpd.SMTPServer" class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SMTPServer</span></tt></a>. Everything will be relayed to <em>remoteaddr</em>. Note that running this has a good chance to make you into an open relay, so please be careful.</dd></dl> </div> <div class="section" id="mailmanproxy-objects"> <h2>20.13.4. MailmanProxy Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#mailmanproxy-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <dl class="class"> <dt id="smtpd.MailmanProxy"> <em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">smtpd.</tt><tt class="descname">MailmanProxy</tt><big>(</big><em>localaddr</em>, <em>remoteaddr</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#smtpd.MailmanProxy" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd>Create a new pure proxy server. Arguments are as per <a title="smtpd.SMTPServer" class="reference internal" href="#smtpd.SMTPServer"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SMTPServer</span></tt></a>. Everything will be relayed to <em>remoteaddr</em>, unless local mailman configurations knows about an address, in which case it will be handled via mailman. Note that running this has a good chance to make you into an open relay, so please be careful.</dd></dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h3><a href="../contents.html">Table Of Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference external" href="#">20.13. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">smtpd</span></tt> — SMTP Server</a><ul> <li><a class="reference external" href="#smtpserver-objects">20.13.1. SMTPServer Objects</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="#debuggingserver-objects">20.13.2. DebuggingServer Objects</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="#pureproxy-objects">20.13.3. PureProxy Objects</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="#mailmanproxy-objects">20.13.4. 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