New submission from Derek Morr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On an IPv6-only machine, smtplib does not send an IPv6 address in the EHLO. It sends "EHLO [0.0.0.0]" instead. For example, on a v6-only network with stateless autoconfiguration enabled (a common configuration), smtplib will show this error.
Further, SMTP's __init__() method tries to determine the value of EHLO parameter before the socket is established. But it can't know what value to use before the socket is setup (e.g., should it use a hostname, a v4 address literal, or a v6 address literal). The attached patch moves the self.local_hostname processing into the connect() method, and updates it to use IPv6-aware resolver interfaces. ---------- components: Library (Lib) files: python_smtplib.patch keywords: patch messages: 70372 nosy: dmorr severity: normal status: open title: smtplib does not fully support IPv6 in EHLO type: behavior versions: Python 3.1 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file11000/python_smtplib.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue3461> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
