Comply with RFC 3207.

Fixes issue 829951 - http://bugs.python.org/issue829951

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index 126f546..48efaba 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -1091,6 +1091,12 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
 
   .. Patch #957003
 
+* In the :mod:`smtplib` module, SMTP.starttls() now complies with :rfc:`3207`
+  and forgets any knowledge obtained from the server not obtained from
+  the TLS negotiation itself.  Patch contributed by Bill Fenner.
+
+  .. Issue 829951
+
 * The :mod:`socket` module now supports TIPC (http://tipc.sf.net),
   a high-performance non-IP-based protocol designed for use in clustered
   environments.  TIPC addresses are 4- or 5-tuples.
diff --git a/Lib/smtplib.py b/Lib/smtplib.py
index 5604241..97b1e20 100755
--- a/Lib/smtplib.py
+++ b/Lib/smtplib.py
@@ -589,6 +589,14 @@ class SMTP:
                 raise RuntimeError("No SSL support included in this Python")
             self.sock = ssl.wrap_socket(self.sock, keyfile, certfile)
             self.file = SSLFakeFile(self.sock)
+            # RFC 3207:
+            # The client MUST discard any knowledge obtained from
+            # the server, such as the list of SMTP service extensions,
+            # which was not obtained from the TLS negotiation itself.
+            self.helo_resp = None
+            self.ehlo_resp = None
+            self.esmtp_features = {}
+            self.does_esmtp = 0
         return (resp, reply)
 
     def sendmail(self, from_addr, to_addrs, msg, mail_options=[],