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def send_post(logs, message = config.message, email = config.email, server = config.server, path= config.path, port = config.port):

        log_length = len(logs) + len(message) + len (email) + 200

        params = urllib.urlencode({'message': message, 'email': email, 'logs': logs})
        headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded","Content-size": "%s"%(log_length),"Accept": "text/plain"}
        print params
        conn = httplib.HTTPConnection('%s:%s'%(server, port))
        conn.request("POST", path, params, headers)
        response = conn.getresponse()
        return response.status, response.reason, response.version, response.msg
        data = response.read()
        conn.close()