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+:mod:`email`: Exception and Defect classes
+------------------------------------------
+
+.. module:: email.errors
+   :synopsis: The exception classes used by the email package.
+
+
+The following exception classes are defined in the :mod:`email.errors` module:
+
+
+.. exception:: MessageError()
+
+   This is the base class for all exceptions that the :mod:`email` package can
+   raise.  It is derived from the standard :exc:`Exception` class and defines no
+   additional methods.
+
+
+.. exception:: MessageParseError()
+
+   This is the base class for exceptions thrown by the :class:`Parser` class.  It
+   is derived from :exc:`MessageError`.
+
+
+.. exception:: HeaderParseError()
+
+   Raised under some error conditions when parsing the :rfc:`2822` headers of a
+   message, this class is derived from :exc:`MessageParseError`. It can be raised
+   from the :meth:`Parser.parse` or :meth:`Parser.parsestr` methods.
+
+   Situations where it can be raised include finding an envelope header after the
+   first :rfc:`2822` header of the message, finding a continuation line before the
+   first :rfc:`2822` header is found, or finding a line in the headers which is
+   neither a header or a continuation line.
+
+
+.. exception:: BoundaryError()
+
+   Raised under some error conditions when parsing the :rfc:`2822` headers of a
+   message, this class is derived from :exc:`MessageParseError`. It can be raised
+   from the :meth:`Parser.parse` or :meth:`Parser.parsestr` methods.
+
+   Situations where it can be raised include not being able to find the starting or
+   terminating boundary in a :mimetype:`multipart/\*` message when strict parsing
+   is used.
+
+
+.. exception:: MultipartConversionError()
+
+   Raised when a payload is added to a :class:`Message` object using
+   :meth:`add_payload`, but the payload is already a scalar and the message's
+   :mailheader:`Content-Type` main type is not either :mimetype:`multipart` or
+   missing.  :exc:`MultipartConversionError` multiply inherits from
+   :exc:`MessageError` and the built-in :exc:`TypeError`.
+
+   Since :meth:`Message.add_payload` is deprecated, this exception is rarely raised
+   in practice.  However the exception may also be raised if the :meth:`attach`
+   method is called on an instance of a class derived from
+   :class:`MIMENonMultipart` (e.g. :class:`MIMEImage`).
+
+Here's the list of the defects that the :class:`FeedParser` can find while
+parsing messages.  Note that the defects are added to the message where the
+problem was found, so for example, if a message nested inside a
+:mimetype:`multipart/alternative` had a malformed header, that nested message
+object would have a defect, but the containing messages would not.
+
+All defect classes are subclassed from :class:`email.errors.MessageDefect`, but
+this class is *not* an exception!
+
+.. versionadded:: 2.4
+   All the defect classes were added.
+
+* :class:`NoBoundaryInMultipartDefect` -- A message claimed to be a multipart,
+  but had no :mimetype:`boundary` parameter.
+
+* :class:`StartBoundaryNotFoundDefect` -- The start boundary claimed in the
+  :mailheader:`Content-Type` header was never found.
+
+* :class:`FirstHeaderLineIsContinuationDefect` -- The message had a continuation
+  line as its first header line.
+
+* :class:`MisplacedEnvelopeHeaderDefect` - A "Unix From" header was found in the
+  middle of a header block.
+
+* :class:`MalformedHeaderDefect` -- A header was found that was missing a colon,
+  or was otherwise malformed.
+
+* :class:`MultipartInvariantViolationDefect` -- A message claimed to be a
+  :mimetype:`multipart`, but no subparts were found.  Note that when a message has
+  this defect, its :meth:`is_multipart` method may return false even though its
+  content type claims to be :mimetype:`multipart`.
+