Verifying receipt
At this point, we could run whatever email tool we normally use to access our mailbox
to verify the results of these two send operations; the two new emails should show up
in our mailbox regardless of which mail client is used to view them. Since we’ve already
written a Python script for reading mail, though, let’s put it to use as a verification
tool—running the popmail script from the last section reveals our two new messages at
the end of the mail list (again parts of the output have been trimmed to conserve space
and protect the innocent here):
C:\...\PP4E\Internet\Email> popmail.py
Password for pop.secureserver.net?
Connecting...
b'+OK <[email protected]>'
There are 4 mail messages in 5326 bytes
(b'+OK ', [b'1 1860', b'2 1408', b'3 1049', b'4 1009'], 32)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Press Enter key]...first two mails omitted...Received: (qmail 25683 invoked from network); 6 May 2010 14:12:07 −0000
Received: from unknown (HELO p3pismtp01-018.prod.phx3.secureserver.net) ([10.6.1
(envelope-sender <[email protected]>)
by p3plsmtp06-04.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (qmail-1.03) with SMTP
for <[email protected]>; 6 May 2010 14:12:07 −0000
...more deleted...
Received: from [66.194.109.3] by smtp.mailmt.com (ArGoSoft Mail Server .NET v.1.
for <[email protected]>; Thu, 06 May 2010 10:12:12 −0400
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 14:11:07 −0000
Subject: A B C D E F G
Message-ID: <jdlohzf0j8dp8z4x06052010101212@SMTP>
X-FromIP: 66.194.109.3
X-Nonspam: NoneFiddle de dum, Fiddle de dee,
Eric the half a bee.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Press Enter key]
Received: (qmail 4634 invoked from network); 6 May 2010 14:16:57 −0000
Received: from unknown (HELO p3pismtp01-025.prod.phx3.secureserver.net) ([10.6.1
(envelope-sender <[email protected]>)
by p3plsmtp06-05.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (qmail-1.03) with SMTP
for <[email protected]>; 6 May 2010 14:16:57 −0000
...more deleted...
Received: from [66.194.109.3] by smtp.mailmt.com (ArGoSoft Mail Server .NET v.1.
for <[email protected]>; Thu, 06 May 2010 10:17:03 −0400
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 14:16:31 −0000SMTP: Sending Email | 915