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diff --git a/Doc/library/smtpd.rst b/Doc/library/smtpd.rst index 3ebed06260..3e0c6fbff5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/smtpd.rst +++ b/Doc/library/smtpd.rst @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ specific mail-sending strategies. Additionally the SMTPChannel may be extended to implement very specific interaction behaviour with SMTP clients. -The code supports :RFC:`5321`, plus the :rfc:`1870` SIZE extension. +The code supports :RFC:`5321`, plus the :rfc:`1870` SIZE and :rfc:`6531` +SMTPUTF8 extensions. SMTPServer Objects @@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ SMTPServer Objects .. class:: SMTPServer(localaddr, remoteaddr, data_size_limit=33554432,\ - map=None) + map=None, enable_SMTPUTF8=False, decode_data=True) Create a new :class:`SMTPServer` object, which binds to local address *localaddr*. It will treat *remoteaddr* as an upstream SMTP relayer. It @@ -39,18 +40,47 @@ SMTPServer Objects accepted in a ``DATA`` command. A value of ``None`` or ``0`` means no limit. + *enable_SMTPUTF8* determins whether the ``SMTPUTF8`` extension (as defined + in :RFC:`6531`) should be enabled. The default is ``False``. If + *enable_SMTPUTF* is set to ``True``, the :meth:`process_smtputf8_message` + method must be defined. A :exc:`ValueError` is raised if both + *enable_SMTPUTF8* and *decode_data* are set to ``True`` at the same time. + A dictionary can be specified in *map* to avoid using a global socket map. + *decode_data* specifies whether the data portion of the SMTP transaction + should be decoded using UTF-8. The default is ``True`` for backward + compatibility reasons, but will change to ``False`` in Python 3.6. Specify + the keyword value explicitly to avoid the :exc:`DeprecationWarning`. + .. method:: process_message(peer, mailfrom, rcpttos, data) - Raise :exc:`NotImplementedError` exception. Override this in subclasses to + Raise a :exc:`NotImplementedError` exception. Override this in subclasses to do something useful with this message. Whatever was passed in the constructor as *remoteaddr* will be available as the :attr:`_remoteaddr` attribute. *peer* is the remote host's address, *mailfrom* is the envelope originator, *rcpttos* are the envelope recipients and *data* is a string - containing the contents of the e-mail (which should be in :rfc:`2822` + containing the contents of the e-mail (which should be in :rfc:`5321` format). + If the *decode_data* constructor keyword is set to ``True``, the *data* + argument will be a unicode string. If it is set to ``False``, it + will be a bytes object. + + Return ``None`` to request a normal ``250 Ok`` response; otherwise + return the desired response string in :RFC:`5321` format. + + .. method:: process_smtputf8_message(peer, mailfrom, rcpttos, data) + + Raise a :exc:`NotImplementedError` exception. Override this in + subclasses to do something useful with messages when *enable_SMTPUTF8* + has been set to ``True`` and the SMTP client requested ``SMTPUTF8``, + since this method is called rather than :meth:`process_message` when the + client actively requests ``SMTPUTF8``. The *data* argument will always + be a bytes object, and any non-``None`` return value should conform to + :rfc:`6531`; otherwise, the API is the same as for + :meth:`process_message`. + .. attribute:: channel_class Override this in subclasses to use a custom :class:`SMTPChannel` for @@ -59,6 +89,13 @@ SMTPServer Objects .. versionchanged:: 3.4 The *map* argument was added. + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + *localaddr* and *remoteaddr* may now contain IPv6 addresses. + + .. versionadded:: 3.5 + the *decode_data* and *enable_SMTPUTF8* constructor arguments, and the + :meth:`process_smtputf8_message` method. + DebuggingServer Objects ----------------------- @@ -97,7 +134,7 @@ SMTPChannel Objects ------------------- .. class:: SMTPChannel(server, conn, addr, data_size_limit=33554432,\ - map=None)) + map=None, enable_SMTPUTF8=False, decode_data=True) Create a new :class:`SMTPChannel` object which manages the communication between the server and a single SMTP client. @@ -108,11 +145,24 @@ SMTPChannel Objects accepted in a ``DATA`` command. A value of ``None`` or ``0`` means no limit. + *enable_SMTPUTF8* determins whether the ``SMTPUTF8`` extension (as defined + in :RFC:`6531`) should be enabled. The default is ``False``. A + :exc:`ValueError` is raised if both *enable_SMTPUTF8* and *decode_data* are + set to ``True`` at the same time. + A dictionary can be specified in *map* to avoid using a global socket map. + *decode_data* specifies whether the data portion of the SMTP transaction + should be decoded using UTF-8. The default is ``True`` for backward + compatibility reasons, but will change to ``False`` in Python 3.6. Specify + the keyword value explicitly to avoid the :exc:`DeprecationWarning`. + To use a custom SMTPChannel implementation you need to override the :attr:`SMTPServer.channel_class` of your :class:`SMTPServer`. + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + the *decode_data* and *enable_SMTPUTF8* arguments were added. + The :class:`SMTPChannel` has the following instance variables: .. attribute:: smtp_server |