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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib
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Modified Files:
libsmtplib.tex
Log Message:
Documentation for the new login() method of the smtplib.SMTP class,
contributed by Gerhard Häring.
This is part of SF patch #460112.

Index: libsmtplib.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libsmtplib.tex,v
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--- libsmtplib.tex 2001/09/11 16:58:00 1.18
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\end{methoddesc}

+ \begin{methoddesc}{login}{user, password}
+ Log in on an SMTP server that requires authentication.
+ The arguments are the username and the password to authenticate with.
+ If there has been no previous \samp{EHLO} or \samp{HELO} command this
+ session, this method tries ESMTP \samp{EHLO} first.
+ This method will return normally if the authentication was successful,
+ or may raise the following exceptions:
+
+ \begin{description}
+ \item[\exception{SMTPHeloError}]
+ The server didn't reply properly to the \samp{HELO} greeting.
+ \item[\exception{SMTPAuthenticationError}]
+ The server didn't accept the username/password combination.
+ \item[\exception{SMTPError}]
+ No suitable authentication method was found.
+ \end{description}
+ \end{methoddesc}
+
\begin{methoddesc}{sendmail}{from_addr, to_addrs, msg\optional{,
mail_options, rcpt_options}}