[Trac-tickets] [The Trac Project] #1574: localhost is an invalid SMTP server

[The Trac Project]

#1574: localhost is an invalid SMTP server
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       Id:  1574           |      Status:  new                     
Component:  ticket system  |    Modified:  Wed May 18 13:14:14 2005
 Severity:  normal         |   Milestone:                          
 Priority:  normal         |     Version:  0.8.1                   
    Owner:  jonas          |    Reporter:  rr236 at cornell.edu       
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 setting smtp_server to localhost produces the following error on ticket
 submission:

 Python traceback

 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/core.py", line 525, in
 cgi_start
     real_cgi_start()
   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/core.py", line 520, in
 real_cgi_start
     dispatch_request(path_info, args, req, env)
   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/core.py", line 435, in
 dispatch_request
     module.run()
   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/Module.py", line 44, in run
     self.render()
   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/Ticket.py", line 298, in
 render
     self.create_ticket()
   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/Ticket.py", line 290, in
 create_ticket
     tn.notify(ticket, newticket=1)
   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/Notify.py", line 227, in
 notify
     NotifyEmail.notify(self, ticket['id'], subject)
   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/Notify.py", line 131, in
 notify
     Notify.notify(self, resid)
   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/Notify.py", line 79, in
 notify
     self.begin_send()
   File "/sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/Notify.py", line 139, in
 begin_send
     self.server = smtplib.SMTP(self.smtp_server)
   File "/Volumes/Backup/sw-build//root-
 python23-2.3.5-2/sw/lib/python2.3/smtplib.py", line 254, in __init__
     addr = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
 gaierror: (7, 'No address associated with nodename')

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