[Python-Dev] mail libraries streamlined support for ssl and starttls

[Lorenzo M. Catucci]

Sorry for being a pest here...

still, I'd be grateful if someone could please try and take look at the 
patches I've posted on bugs.python.org for smtplib, imaplib and poplib, 
since I think they could be useful for a future 2.x release of the 
standard library, and I've verified they port almost as they are to 
python3.

They are almost stupid, I know; still, smtp over ssl in the standard 
library is not working, and the starttls method is declared as being the 
preferred one since RFC 2595 time...

"""7. imaps and pop3s ports

    Separate "imaps" and "pop3s" ports were registered for use with SSL.
    Use of these ports is discouraged in favor of the STARTTLS or STLS
    commands.
    [...]
"""

Thank you all very much... Yours,

 	lorenzo


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