sending an -mail in this defining the series of events for sending an -mail developing an -mail application testing the -mail application his helps you understand the process of sending an -mail using python more importantthis is generally about helping you understand what happens when you communicate outside the local pc even though this is specifically about -mailit also contains principles you can use when performing other tasks for examplewhen working with an external serviceyou often need to create the same sort of packaging as you do for an -mail sothe information you see in this can help you understand all sorts of communication needs to make working with -mail as easy as possiblethis uses standard mail as real-world equivalent of -mail the comparison is apt -mail was actually modeled on real-world mail originallythe term -mail was used for any sort of electronic document transmissionand some forms of it required the sender and recipient to be online at the same time as resultyou may find some confusing references online about the origins and development of -mail this views -mail as it exists today -as storing and forwarding mechanism for exchanging documents of various types the examples in this rely on the availability of simple mail transfer protocol (smtpserver if that sounds like greek to youread the sidebar entitled "considering the smtp serverthat appears later in the