Backport 58594:

Issue #1307, patch by Derek Shockey.
When "MAIL" is received without args, an exception happens instead of
sending a 501 syntax error response.

Lib/smtpd.py

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class SMTPChannel(asynchat.async_chat):
 
     def smtp_MAIL(self, arg):
         print >> DEBUGSTREAM, '===> MAIL', arg
-        address = self.__getaddr('FROM:', arg)
+        address = self.__getaddr('FROM:', arg) if arg else None
         if not address:
             self.push('501 Syntax: MAIL FROM:<address>')
             return

Misc/NEWS

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Core and builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Bug #1307: Fix smtpd so it doesn't raise an exception when there is no arg.
+
 - ctypes will now work correctly on 32-bit systems when Python is
   configured with --with-system-ffi.