Ok, progress :) some sort of error relating to specific rss feed? I tried a few, so that seems unlikely. [root@benetleilax .rss2email]# [root@benetleilax .rss2email]# [root@benetleilax .rss2email]# pwd /root/.rss2email [root@benetleilax .rss2email]# whoami root [root@benetleilax .rss2email]# ll total 24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 378 Apr 15 10:05 config.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 416 Apr 15 10:05 config.pyc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 376 Apr 15 10:12 feeds.dat [root@benetleilax .rss2email]# cat config.py # Find some common used config options below; all can be found all and # descriptions in the section titled "### Vaguely Customizable Options ###" # near the top of /usr/share/rss2email/rss2email.py DEFAULT_FROM="bozo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" HTML_MAIL=1 SMTP_SEND=1 SMTP_SERVER="smtp.gmail.com" AUTHREQUIRED=0 SMTP_USER="hawat.thufir" SMTP_PASS="password" #no, that's not my password :) DATE_HEADER=0 # PROXY="" [root@benetleilax .rss2email]# r2e E: insufficient args rss2email: get RSS feeds emailed to you http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/rss2email Usage: new [emailaddress] (create new feedfile) email newemailaddress (update default email) run [--no-send] [num] add feedurl [emailaddress] list delete n [root@benetleilax .rss2email]# r2e list default email: hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx 1: feedparser (default: hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx) 2: 4.1 (default: hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx) 3: http://vancouver.craigslist.org/mcy/index.rss (default: hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx) [root@benetleilax .rss2email]# [root@benetleilax .rss2email]# r2e run E: error in "feedparser" feed (<unknown>:2:-1: Document is empty ) E: error in "4.1" feed (<unknown>:2:-1: Document is empty ) === SEND THE FOLLOWING TO rss2email@xxxxxxxxxxx === E: could not parse http://vancouver.craigslist.org/mcy/index.rss Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/rss2email/rss2email.py", line 644, in run smtpserver = send(fromhdr, tohdr, subjecthdr, content, contenttype, extraheaders, smtpserver) File "/usr/share/rss2email/rss2email.py", line 178, in send smtpserver.sendmail(sender, recipient, msg_as_string) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/smtplib.py", line 684, in sendmail raise SMTPSenderRefused(code, resp, from_addr) SMTPSenderRefused: (530, '5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first 40sm6172305nzf', u'"craigslist | motorcycles/scooters in vancouver, BC" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>') rss2email 2.60 feedparser 4.1 html2text 2.26 Python 2.4.4 (#1, Oct 23 2006, 13:58:00) [GCC 4.1.1 20061011 (Red Hat 4.1.1-30)] === END HERE === [root@benetleilax .rss2email]# [root@benetleilax .rss2email]# date Sun Apr 15 10:13:56 BST 2007 [root@benetleilax .rss2email]# It comes across as a bug, but it seems more likely to be user error, I must admit. By the way, I configured a FQDN, for what it's worth, "benetleilax.homedns.org", via <http://www.dyndns.com/>, but that's a side topic I'm thinking thanks, Thufir