Initialization parameters to SocketServer handler?

[Grant Edwards]

What's the right way to pass initialization parameters to a
SocketServer handler instance? I'm currently setting attributes
in the server instance and reading them in the handler method
via self.server.<attribute>.  It works but it seems a bit
obtuse:

class PortForwarder(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler):
    def handle(self):
        sys.stdout.write("connection from %s\n" % str(self.client_address))
        self.forward = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        self.forward.connect(self.server.forwardAddr)
        [...]        

serv = SocketServer.TCPServer(("",4567),PortForwarder)
serv.forwardAddr = ("localhost",25)
serv.serve_forever()

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