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-rw-r--r--Lib/imaplib.py4
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS2
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/imaplib.py b/Lib/imaplib.py
index 6469df2..df35cb1 100644
--- a/Lib/imaplib.py
+++ b/Lib/imaplib.py
@@ -222,9 +222,7 @@ class IMAP4:
def _create_socket(self):
- sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
- sock.connect((self.host, self.port))
- return sock
+ return socket.create_connection((self.host, self.port))
def open(self, host = '', port = IMAP4_PORT):
"""Setup connection to remote server on "host:port"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9173a72..d3f4177 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #1655: Make imaplib IPv6-capable. Patch by Derek Morr.
+
- Issue #5918: Fix a crash in the parser module.
- Issue #1664: Make nntplib IPv6-capable. Patch by Derek Morr.