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-rwxr-xr-xLib/smtplib.py6
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diff --git a/Lib/smtplib.py b/Lib/smtplib.py
index 71d25fd..07916cc 100755
--- a/Lib/smtplib.py
+++ b/Lib/smtplib.py
@@ -255,7 +255,11 @@ class SMTP:
self.local_hostname = fqdn
else:
# We can't find an fqdn hostname, so use a domain literal
- addr = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
+ addr = '127.0.0.1'
+ try:
+ addr = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
+ except socket.gaierror:
+ pass
self.local_hostname = '[%s]' % addr
def set_debuglevel(self, debuglevel):