imaplib: how to specify SSL/TLS protocol version?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2014-04-09, Tim Chase <python.list at tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> On 2014-04-09 20:20, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> I'm not too keen on this approach, but monkey-patching the open()
>> method seems to work:
>> 
>> def my_imap4_ssl_open(self, host = '', port = 993):
>>     self.host = host
>>     self.port = port
>>     self.sock = socket.create_connection((host, port))
>>     self.sslobj = ssl.wrap_socket(self.sock, self.keyfile,
>> self.certfile, ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1) self.file =
>> self.sslobj.makefile('rb')
>> 
>> imaplib.IMAP4_SSL.open = my_imap4_ssl_open 
>
> Our messages passed in the ether.

Yep saw that.  Thanks for the answers. 

> You don't have to feel dirty for monkey-patching, as you can just do
> it with inheritance.

Doh. I don't know why I didn't think of that...

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