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 Library
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+- Issue #4471: Properly shutdown socket in IMAP.shutdown().  Patch by
+  Lorenzo M. Catucci.
+
 - Fix IMAP.login() to work properly.
 
 - Issue #9244: multiprocessing pool worker processes could terminate