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diff --git a/Lib/mimetools.py b/Lib/mimetools.py
index 0b698ac..8c1cc19 100644
--- a/Lib/mimetools.py
+++ b/Lib/mimetools.py
@@ -127,7 +127,10 @@ def choose_boundary():
import time
if _prefix is None:
import socket
- hostid = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
+ try:
+ hostid = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
+ except socket.gaierror:
+ hostid = '127.0.0.1'
try:
uid = repr(os.getuid())
except AttributeError: