bpo-25008: Deprecate smtpd and point to aiosmtpd (#274) (#280) · python/cpython@f37b0cb (original) (raw)

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14 14 This module offers several classes to implement SMTP (email) servers.
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16 +.. seealso::
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18 + The `aiosmtpd http://aiosmtpd.readthedocs.io/\`_ package is a recommended
19 + replacement for this module. It is based on :mod:`asyncio` and provides a
20 + more straightforward API. :mod:`smtpd` should be considered deprecated.
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16 22 Several server implementations are present; one is a generic
17 23 do-nothing implementation, which can be overridden, while the other two offer
18 24 specific mail-sending strategies.