SSL Error while Sending Email with Python (Raspbian OS)

Question

I just write this code in Python under Raspbian OS:

import smtplib

fromaddr = \'*****@hotmail.de\'
toaddrs  = \'*****@hotmail.de\'
msg = \'Testmail\'

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Answer 1

After I've signed in on http://live.com and validated my account; your code worked as is on Ubuntu python 2.7 and python3.3:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Send email via live.com."""
import smtplib
from email.mime.text      import MIMEText
from email.header         import Header

login, password = ...

msg = MIMEText(u'body…', 'plain', 'utf-8')
msg['Subject'] = Header(u'subject…', 'utf-8')
msg['From'] = login
recipients = [login]
msg['To'] = ", ".join(recipients)

s = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.live.com', 587, timeout=10)  
s.set_debuglevel(1)
try:
    s.starttls() 
    s.login(login, password) 
    s.sendmail(msg['From'], recipients, msg.as_string())
finally:
    s.quit()

Check whether openssl can connect to it (ca-certificates is installed and it is not this bug):

$ openssl s_client -starttls smtp -connect smtp.live.com:587

If it is successful; you could replace smtplib.SMTP.starttls() method (in a subclass) to set appropriate ssl parameters.