Catch the error for non-ssl SMTP

notification/mail.py

@@ -188,10 +188,14 @@ def main():
     if not body:
         body = subject
 
+    try:
         try:
             smtp = smtplib.SMTP_SSL(host, port=int(port))
         except (smtplib.SMTPException, ssl.SSLError):
             smtp = smtplib.SMTP(host, port=int(port))
+    except Exception, e:
+        module.fail_json(rc=1, msg='Failed to send mail to server %s on port %s: %s' % (host, port, e))
+
     smtp.ehlo()
     if username and password:
         if smtp.has_extn('STARTTLS'):