catch the potential exceptions when sending e-mail via smtp.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/source/utils.py b/source/utils.py
index f2756286..577304db 100755
--- a/source/utils.py
+++ b/source/utils.py
@@ -171,13 +171,13 @@ def send_mail(mfrom, mto, feed_title, article_title, description):
     try:
         s = smtplib.SMTP(conf.smtp_server)
         s.login(conf.username, conf.password)
-    except:
-        print("smtp error")
+        # sendmail function takes 3 arguments: sender's address, recipient's address
+        # and message to send - here it is sent as one string.
+        s.sendmail(mfrom, mto, msg.as_string())
+        s.quit()
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
         return
-    # sendmail function takes 3 arguments: sender's address, recipient's address
-    # and message to send - here it is sent as one string.
-    s.sendmail(mfrom, mto, msg.as_string())
-    s.quit()
 
 def add_feed(feed_url):
     """