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@kmcguire
kmcguire
mannequin
opened on Jul 20, 2009
BPO 6523
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  • bpo-5259: smtplib is broken in Python3
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closed_at = <Date 2010-01-09.17:28:58.240>
created_at = <Date 2009-07-20.06:12:17.858>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library', 'expert-unicode']
title = 'smtplib exception smtp.connect TypeError encode_plain'
updated_at = <Date 2010-01-09.17:28:58.239>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/kmcguire'

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    activity = <Date 2010-01-09.17:28:58.239>
actor = 'r.david.murray'
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closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2010-01-09.17:28:58.240>
closer = 'r.david.murray'
components = ['Library (Lib)', 'Unicode']
creation = <Date 2009-07-20.06:12:17.858>
creator = 'kmcguire'
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issue_num = 6523
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = '5259'
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue6523'
versions = ['Python 3.0']

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    1. kmcguire commented on Jul 20, 2009

      @kmcguire
      kmcguiremannequin
      on Jul 20, 2009
      MannequinAuthor

      ------ SYSTEM INFORMATION -----
      module: smtplib
      system: linux

      python3.0 -V
      Python 3.0.1+

      ----- TEST CASE PYTHON SOURCE -----

      import smtplib
smtp = smtplib.SMTP()
smtp.connect('mail.myserver.org')
smtp.login('myusername', 'mypassword')

      ----- TEST CASE EXECUTION RESULTS -----

      python3.0 testcase.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "testcase.py", line 4, in <module>
    smtp.login('myusername', 'mypassword')
  File "/home/kevin/Projects/ftpwatch/smtplib.py", line 580, in login
    AUTH_PLAIN + " " + encode_plain(user, password))
  File "/home/kevin/Projects/ftpwatch/smtplib.py", line 545, in encode_plain
    return encode_base64("\0%s\0%s" % (user, password))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.0/email/base64mime.py", line 96, in body_encode
    enc = b2a_base64(s[i:i + max_unencoded]).decode("ascii")
TypeError: b2a_base64() argument 1 must be bytes or buffer, not str
    2. kmcguire
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      stdlibStandard Library Python modules in the Lib/ directory
      topic-unicode
      type-bugAn unexpected behavior, bug, or error
      on Jul 20, 2009
    3. bitdancer
      closed this as completedon Jan 9, 2010
    4. ezio-melotti
      transferred this issue fromon Apr 10, 2022
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