backporting security fix of issue 9129 (smtpd module vulnerable to DoS attacks in case of connection bashing)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 550091c..449348e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
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+- Issue #9129: smtpd.py is vulnerable to DoS attacks deriving from missing
+  error handling when accepting a new connection.
 
 What's New in Python 2.6.6?
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@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@
 - Issue #8620: when a Cmd is fed input that reaches EOF without a final
   newline, it no longer truncates the last character of the last command line.
 
-- Issue #7066: archive_util.make_archive now restores the cwd if an error is 
+- Issue #7066: archive_util.make_archive now restores the cwd if an error is
   raised. Initial patch by Ezio Melotti.
 
 - Issue #5006: Better handling of unicode byte-order marks (BOM) in the io