#1726172: dont raise an unexpected IndexError if a voidresp() call has an empty response.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index db86b51..13d2202 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@
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+- Issue 1726172: fix IndexError in the case of and empty response in ftplib.
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 - Issue 2625: added missing iteritems() call to the for loop in
   mailbox.MH.get_message().