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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/smtplib.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst | 9 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/smtplib.rst b/Doc/library/smtplib.rst index 74de77b..2805a93 100644 --- a/Doc/library/smtplib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/smtplib.rst @@ -189,8 +189,9 @@ An :class:`SMTP` instance has the following methods: .. method:: SMTP.set_debuglevel(level) - Set the debug output level. A true value for *level* results in debug messages - for connection and for all messages sent to and received from the server. + Set the debug output level. A value of 1 or ``True`` for *level* results in debug + messages for connection and for all messages sent to and received from the server. + A value of 2 for *level* results in these messages being timestamped. .. method:: SMTP.docmd(cmd, args='') diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst index 65119ed..0492ef9 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst @@ -468,6 +468,10 @@ smtplib implement custom authentication mechanisms. (Contributed by Milan Oberkirch in :issue:`15014`.) +* Additional debuglevel (2) shows timestamps for debug messages in + :class:`smtplib.SMTP`. (Contributed by Gavin Chappell and Maciej Szulik in + :issue:`16914`.) + sndhdr ------ @@ -819,6 +823,11 @@ Changes in the Python API * The `pygettext.py` Tool now uses the standard +NNNN format for timezones in the POT-Creation-Date header. +* The :mod:`smtplib` module now uses :data:`sys.stderr` instead of previous + module level :data:`stderr` variable for debug output. If your (test) + program depends on patching the module level variable to capture the debug + output, you will need to update it to capture sys.stderr instead. + Changes in the C API -------------------- |