** backport r60015 from trunk.
- Issue829951: In the smtplib module, SMTP.starttls() now complies with
  RFC 3207 and forgets any knowledge obtained from the server not obtained
  from the TLS negotiation itself.  Patch contributed by Bill Fenner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 77e97f0..f4b98de 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@
 - Issue1385: The hmac module now computes the correct hmac when using hashes
   with a block size other than 64 bytes (such as sha384 and sha512).
 
+- Issue829951: In the smtplib module, SMTP.starttls() now complies with 
+  RFC 3207 and forgets any knowledge obtained from the server not obtained
+  from the TLS negotiation itself.  Patch contributed by Bill Fenner.
+
 
 Extension Modules
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