Google app engine send mail service raises excepti

Question

I was trying to use the app engine mail sending service on my site. Currently, I've put something as simple as:

message = mail.EmailMessage(sender="Subhranath Chunder <[e-mail]>", \
                                    subject="Your account has been approved")
message.to = "Subhranath Chunder <[e-mail]>"
message.body = "Just another message"
message.send()

But every time the code handler raises this error:

2011-08-20 04:44:36.988
ApplicationError: 1 Internal error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/_webapp25.py", line 703, in __call__
    handler.post(*groups)
  File "/base/data/home/apps/s~subhranath/0-2.352669327317975990/index.py", line 71, in post
    message.send()
  File "/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/mail.py", line 895, in send
    raise e
ApplicationError: ApplicationError: 1 Internal error

My code as a different version, and not the default one. I'm not able to change this version as the default version, unless this error gets resolved. Any idea why this is happening?

Answer 1

Seems to be a app engine system glitch. The same code is now working, without any new deployment.

Answer 2

The sender must either have privilegies or be the logged in user. So [e-mail] should have admin rights to your location or be the logged in user to run your code.

Most basic example would be just a HTTP get to send an email:

  def get(self):    
    message = mail.EmailMessage(sender='[e-mail]', subject='Email')
    message.to='[e-mail]'
    message.body = os.environ.get('HTTP_HOST')      
    message.send() 

If you want to send an email as the logged in user you can make the sender a variable:

senderemail = users.get_current_user().email() if users.get_current_user() else '[e-mail]'

I think the error message you posted was not very clear and if it persists I recommend to get more info about the error message using logging and exceptions.