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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2013-04-13 18:37:22 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2013-04-13 18:37:22 (GMT) |
| commit | 2fc97e6a2d97f98d4eaeb8fcb046f88d69facebb (patch) | |
| tree | 8bf8762f0437a88967e1a98cb44523a3a1a300ee /Lib/smtplib.py | |
| parent | 616f2fe28ca3fdc54e4a04790ed287b845240e6c (diff) | |
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#2118: clarify smtplib exception documentation.
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diff --git a/Lib/smtplib.py b/Lib/smtplib.py index 9e8bc72..a3213b3 100755 --- a/Lib/smtplib.py +++ b/Lib/smtplib.py @@ -237,8 +237,9 @@ class SMTP: If specified, `host' is the name of the remote host to which to connect. If specified, `port' specifies the port to which to connect. - By default, smtplib.SMTP_PORT is used. An SMTPConnectError is raised - if the specified `host' doesn't respond correctly. If specified, + By default, smtplib.SMTP_PORT is used. If a host is specified the + connect method is called, and if it returns anything other than + a success code an SMTPConnectError is raised. If specified, `local_hostname` is used as the FQDN of the local host. By default, the local hostname is found using socket.getfqdn(). |