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The "BadStatusLine" error when connecting to mail server with exchangelib

I'm trying to connect to my mailbox with exchangelib. Options are: protocol SMTP, port 465. Code:

credentials = Credentials(MAIL_ACCOUNT, PASS)
config = ExConfiguration(server=MAIL_SERVER + ":" + MAIL_SERVER_PORT, credentials=credentials)
account = Account(MAIL_ACCOUNT,config=config, credentials=credentials, autodiscover=False)
for msg in account.inbox:
    print('Message')

Script throws error "exchangelib.errors.TransportError: ('Connection aborted.', BadStatusLine('220 smtp.mydomain.com ESMTP ready'))"

The code 220 means that connection is successful. I believe that there is error due to unexpected string in server response. How can I skip check for this string in response when connecting to server?

Solution

  • exchangelib works with the EWS protocol, not SMTP. You have to either specify the hostname of the server hosting your EWS service, or set up autodiscovery.