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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2013-04-13 18:40:33 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2013-04-13 18:40:33 (GMT) |
| commit | 14ee3cf244aad69d138159cf70715eedb95ce00f (patch) | |
| tree | 44f57d38085300318b1471abc160b9f68e11f686 /Lib/smtplib.py | |
| parent | 4bb17348f5507f42f62d15b16ca0672e802f619c (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 562a182..f2c8452 100644 --- a/Lib/smtplib.py +++ b/Lib/smtplib.py @@ -221,8 +221,9 @@ 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(). The `source_address` parameter takes a 2-tuple (host, port) for the socket |