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| author | Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> | 2017-02-24 20:44:34 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2017-02-24 20:44:34 (GMT) |
| commit | 0a1b656d8ce3da14f8acf947477b8e998e68ef3b (patch) | |
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| parent | f2beceb7e54fadc507137f86cbe9d74f7e5b8f7c (diff) | |
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bpo-25008: Deprecate smtpd and point to aiosmtpd (#274) (#278)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/smtpd.rst b/Doc/library/smtpd.rst index e383201..85ee8a7 100644 --- a/Doc/library/smtpd.rst +++ b/Doc/library/smtpd.rst @@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ This module offers several classes to implement SMTP (email) servers. +.. seealso:: + + The `aiosmtpd <http://aiosmtpd.readthedocs.io/>`_ package is a recommended + replacement for this module. It is based on :mod:`asyncio` and provides a + more straightforward API. :mod:`smtpd` should be considered deprecated. + Several server implementations are present; one is a generic do-nothing implementation, which can be overridden, while the other two offer specific mail-sending strategies. |