i think this has the same origin as the ftplib test failure.
Python 3.2.1rc1 (default, May 17 2011, 22:01:34) [GCC 4.6.0] on linux2 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
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send: 'ehlo [127.0.0.1]\r\n' reply: b'250-mx.google.com at your service, [41.188.13.184]\r\n' reply: b'250-SIZE 35882577\r\n' reply: b'250-8BITMIME\r\n' reply: b'250-STARTTLS\r\n' reply: b'250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES\r\n' reply: retcode (250); Msg: b'mx.google.com at your service, [41.188.13.184]\nSIZE 35882577\n8BITMIME\nSTARTTLS\nENHANCEDSTATUSCODES' send: 'STARTTLS\r\n' reply: b'220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS\r\n' reply: retcode (220); Msg: b'2.0.0 Ready to start TLS' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/root/template_mail_text.py", line 49, in <module> server.starttls() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/smtplib.py", line 649, in starttls self.sock = ssl.wrap_socket(self.sock, keyfile, certfile) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/ssl.py", line 509, in wrap_socket ciphers=ciphers) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/ssl.py", line 266, in __init__ raise x File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/ssl.py", line 262, in __init__ self.do_handshake() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/ssl.py", line 441, in do_handshake self._sslobj.do_handshake() ssl.SSLError: [Errno 1] _ssl.c:392: error:140943FC:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:sslv3 alert bad record mac -- nirinA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list