Closes #11959: SMTPServer and SMTPChannel now take an optional map, use of which avoids affecting global state.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/smtpd.rst b/Doc/library/smtpd.rst
index 2ca71ffc3c..2c2df8ada1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/smtpd.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/smtpd.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ SMTPServer Objects
 ------------------
 
 
-.. class:: SMTPServer(localaddr, remoteaddr, data_size_limit=33554432)
+.. class:: SMTPServer(localaddr, remoteaddr, data_size_limit=33554432,
+                      map=None)
 
    Create a new :class:`SMTPServer` object, which binds to local address
    *localaddr*.  It will treat *remoteaddr* as an upstream SMTP relayer.  It
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ SMTPServer Objects
    accepted in a ``DATA`` command.  A value of ``None`` or ``0`` means no
    limit.
 
+   A dictionary can be specified in *map* to avoid using a global socket map.
+
    .. method:: process_message(peer, mailfrom, rcpttos, data)
 
       Raise :exc:`NotImplementedError` exception. Override this in subclasses to
@@ -53,6 +56,9 @@ SMTPServer Objects
       Override this in subclasses to use a custom :class:`SMTPChannel` for
       managing SMTP clients.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+      The *map* argument was added.
+
 
 DebuggingServer Objects
 -----------------------
@@ -90,11 +96,20 @@ MailmanProxy Objects
 SMTPChannel Objects
 -------------------
 
-.. class:: SMTPChannel(server, conn, addr)
+.. class:: SMTPChannel(server, conn, addr, data_size_limit=33554432,
+                       map=None))
 
    Create a new :class:`SMTPChannel` object which manages the communication
    between the server and a single SMTP client.
 
+   *conn* and *addr* are as per the instance variables described below.
+
+   *data_size_limit* specifies the maximum number of bytes that will be
+   accepted in a ``DATA`` command.  A value of ``None`` or ``0`` means no
+   limit.
+
+   A dictionary can be specified in *map* to avoid using a global socket map.
+
    To use a custom SMTPChannel implementation you need to override the
    :attr:`SMTPServer.channel_class` of your :class:`SMTPServer`.