SOCKET ERROR: [Errno 111] Connection refused
Question: I am using simple python lib for the SMTP But i am getting this error:

    
    
    import smtplib
    smtpObj = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
    
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 249, in __init__
        (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 309, in connect
        self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 284, in _get_socket
        return socket.create_connection((port, host), timeout)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 571, in create_connection
        raise err
    socket.error: [Errno 111] Connection refused
    

Using python-2.7


Answer: **Start a simple SMTP server with Python like so:**

    
    
    python -m smtpd -n -c DebuggingServer localhost:1025
    

**or you can also try gmail smtp setting**

    
    
    server = smtplib.SMTP(host='smtp.gmail.com', port=587)
    

