[issue17612] hooks/mail.py requires [smtp] host to be set, despite a comment to the contrary

Change by Eric V. Smith : -- resolution: -> out of date stage: -> resolved status: pending -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue17612] hooks/mail.py requires [smtp] host to be set, despite a comment to the contrary

Irit Katriel added the comment: This seems out of date (pre github?) I couldn't find that comment in the current codebase. -- nosy: +iritkatriel status: open -> pending ___ Python tracker

[issue17612] hooks/mail.py requires [smtp] host to be set, despite a comment to the contrary

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Well, mercurial itself requires the presence of a host item in [smtp], so it would make sense to require it too. -- nosy: +ezio.melotti ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue17612

[issue17612] hooks/mail.py requires [smtp] host to be set, despite a comment to the contrary

New submission from Eric V. Smith: In the mail hook, there's a comment that says: ''' To set the SMTP server to something other than localhost, add a [smtp] section to your hgrc: [smtp] host = mail.python.org port = 25 ''' This is not true. The default host is '', which tells smtplib.SMTP to