Bug #1430298: It is now possible to send a mail with an empty
return address using smtplib.
diff --git a/Lib/smtplib.py b/Lib/smtplib.py
index 57605a9..71d25fd 100755
--- a/Lib/smtplib.py
+++ b/Lib/smtplib.py
@@ -175,8 +175,11 @@
except AttributeError:
pass
if m == (None, None): # Indicates parse failure or AttributeError
- #something weird here.. punt -ddm
+ # something weird here.. punt -ddm
return "<%s>" % addr
+ elif m is None:
+ # the sender wants an empty return address
+ return "<>"
else:
return "<%s>" % m
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9b5740b..bf61e77 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Bug #1430298: It is now possible to send a mail with an empty
+ return address using smtplib.
+
- Bug #1432260: The names of lambda functions are now properly displayed
in pydoc.