This chapter demonstrated how Python can interact with the three major email handling protocols, that is, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP. In each of these cases, you learned how to work with the client code. Finally, an example for using SMTP in Python's logging module was shown.

In the next chapter, you will learn how to use Python to work with remote systems to perform various tasks, such as administrative tasks, by using SSH, file transfer through FTP, Samba, and so on. Some remote monitoring protocols, such as SNMP, and authentication protocols, such as LDAP, will be reviewed.