Merge: Issue #11927: SMTP_SSL now uses port 465 by default as documented.

Lib/smtplib.py

@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ class SMTP:
     ehlo_msg = "ehlo"
     ehlo_resp = None
     does_esmtp = 0
+    default_port = SMTP_PORT
 
     def __init__(self, host='', port=0, local_hostname=None,
                  timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
@@ -246,7 +247,6 @@ class SMTP:
         """
         self.timeout = timeout
         self.esmtp_features = {}
-        self.default_port = SMTP_PORT
         if host:
             (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
             if code != 220:
@@ -817,13 +817,15 @@ if _have_ssl:
         are also optional - they can contain a PEM formatted private key and
         certificate chain file for the SSL connection.
         """
+
+        default_port = SMTP_SSL_PORT
+
         def __init__(self, host='', port=0, local_hostname=None,
                      keyfile=None, certfile=None,
                      timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
             self.keyfile = keyfile
             self.certfile = certfile
             SMTP.__init__(self, host, port, local_hostname, timeout)
-            self.default_port = SMTP_SSL_PORT
 
         def _get_socket(self, host, port, timeout):
             if self.debuglevel > 0:

Lib/test/test_smtpnet.py

@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ class SmtpSSLTest(unittest.TestCase):
         server.ehlo()
         server.quit()
 
+    def test_connect_default_port(self):
+        support.get_attribute(smtplib, 'SMTP_SSL')
+        with support.transient_internet(self.testServer):
+            server = smtplib.SMTP_SSL(self.testServer)
+        server.ehlo()
+        server.quit()
+
 def test_main():
     support.run_unittest(SmtpSSLTest)
 

Misc/ACKS

@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ Malte Helmert
 Lance Finn Helsten
 Jonathan Hendry
 James Henstridge
+Kasun Herath
 Chris Herborth
 Ivan Herman
 Jürgen Hermann

Misc/NEWS

@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #11927: SMTP_SSL now uses port 465 by default as documented.  Patch
+  by Kasun Herath.
+
 - Issue 11916: Add a number of MacOSX specific definitions to the errno module.
   Patch by Pierre Carrier.