New submission from Peter Stokes <[email protected]>:
Attempting to reuse an instance of 'smtplib.SMTP', via invocation of the
'smtplib.SMTP.connect(…)' function, results in an invalid SMTP command sequence
being issued to the connected server:
```
import smtplib
smtp = smtplib.SMTP()
smtp.connect('smtp.gmail.com')
smtp.ehlo_or_helo_if_needed()
smtp.close()
try:
smtp.quit()
except smtplib.SMTPServerDisconnected:
pass
smtp.connect('smtp.gmail.com')
print(smtp.mail('[email protected]'))
```
results in "(503, b'5.5.1 EHLO/HELO first. … - gsmtp')"
The values stored in 'self.helo_resp' and 'self.ehlo_resp', as considered
within 'smtplib.SMTP.ehlo_or_helo_if_needed()' [1], should be reset to a value
of 'None' upon successfully establishing a new connection to a server. The
correct sentiment is expressed within 'smtplib.SMTP.quit()' [2] but this
resetting of state should be performed upon establishing a new connection
rather than termination of an old connection. Whilst the simplified example
provided is arguably an invalid use of the 'smtplib.SMTP' library the scenario
can occur, specifically when the initial connection is unilaterally terminated
by the server, which makes the reset logic provided in 'smtplib.SMTP.quit()'
inaccessible due to the 'smtplib.SMTPServerDisconnected' exception raised as a
consequence of attempting to execute an SMTP 'QUIT' command over a disconnected
socket.
[1]
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/da51ba442c7bf717872633676207c1ae10e99c99/Lib/smtplib.py#L603
[2]
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/da51ba442c7bf717872633676207c1ae10e99c99/Lib/smtplib.py#L989L990
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components: email
messages: 374798
nosy: Dadeos, barry, r.david.murray
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: smtplib.SMTP should reset internal 'helo' and 'ehlo' state within
'connect()'
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.8
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