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Pmailer "sendmail wannabe"

#1 Post by hexabit »

A command line utility that works like sendmail and others but need
no servers etc.
Only works with Gmail right now but more is on the way..

More info:
http://www.codeland.se/pup_pplog.pl?viewDetailed=00028

Please let me know if you find some bugs and it would be great to have
some feedbback. :D

Im not so sure about the name "Pmail/pmailer" som if you have som
suggestions post em here or on my site.
[b]My Pet packages:[/b] [url]http://www.codeland.se/pup_pplog.pl?viewDetailed=00010[/url]

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#2 Post by Flash »

Am I missing something? Isn't Gmail web-based mail that is stored in server farms that are located who-knows-where?

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#3 Post by hexabit »

Flash wrote:Am I missing something? Isn't Gmail web-based mail that is stored in server farms that are located who-knows-where?
I dont understand your question.. This tool login in at gmail using
your standard account and then sending a mail.
It dont use a webgui cause not many commandline warriors, unix/linux admin and sendmail-junkies have a desktop enviroment. :wink:

You can save much time just sending a mail trough the cli instead of
starting a slow browser with flash who then sets the computer fan at 50000rpm's.
[b]My Pet packages:[/b] [url]http://www.codeland.se/pup_pplog.pl?viewDetailed=00010[/url]

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#4 Post by 01micko »

hexabit

Hmmm... I wonder why my ISP seems to block your site? I can get through a proxy though. I remember vistiing about 2 months ago and it was ok. Just tried Opera and google-chrome.

Anyone else see this?

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01micko wrote:hexabit

Hmmm... I wonder why my ISP seems to block your site? I can get through a proxy though. I remember vistiing about 2 months ago and it was ok. Just tried Opera and google-chrome.

Anyone else see this?

Sorry for OT
Hi! :) I can guarantee you that your ISP is NOT blocking my site.
It's Probably my firewall. I have a huge blacklist (asia/pacific and more) and maybe you have one of those ip's? :)
Could you also post a screenshot of the message saying my site is "blocked"?
[b]My Pet packages:[/b] [url]http://www.codeland.se/pup_pplog.pl?viewDetailed=00010[/url]

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#6 Post by 01micko »

No blocking message, just failure. But since Barry linked on his blog I thought it to be my ISP.
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#7 Post by hexabit »

Hi again and thanks for the screenshot! :)
Well i don't know what could cause that error but my site is
running fine and i have many visitors right now so it shouldn't be a problem
connecting. Let me know if you keep getting this error, then i have to
take a look in my logs etc and se whats going on... :)
[b]My Pet packages:[/b] [url]http://www.codeland.se/pup_pplog.pl?viewDetailed=00010[/url]

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#8 Post by 01micko »

It's not a problem for me as I can get there with proxy. Using http://proxyserver.asia so you will see an IP leading to that I guess in the logs.

Thanks!

EDIT: I wonder if you can see my server? http://01micko.no-ip.org/
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#9 Post by hexabit »

01micko wrote: EDIT: I wonder if you can see my server? http://01micko.no-ip.org/
Yes it works. :D BTW, did you try my program or didn't it work either?
[b]My Pet packages:[/b] [url]http://www.codeland.se/pup_pplog.pl?viewDetailed=00010[/url]

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#10 Post by 01micko »

Yes, your program works :) . I assume one must have devx installed for python, but I guess if you use this and live on commandline then that need go unsaid :wink: .

One thing I dislike from a security perspective is that the gmail password is in plain text. What about reading a config file with the password at least hidden in hex or base64? Not a real lot more secure but at least it's not plain.

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