commit dcdfd22bb411ebf0d58bba135455c4abf2bc9ce1
author Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> Fri Mar 31 19:34:13 2006 +0000
committer Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> Fri Mar 31 19:34:13 2006 +0000
tree d0d8d1beb7c46deffdf34a481fbe1f2a25ff94d1
parent b88e19c1fc182a97b961633c29f485c2de6ad525

bug #1257988: don't bail out on gethostbyname(gethostname()) failure

Lib/smtplib.py

diff --git a/Lib/smtplib.py b/Lib/smtplib.py
index 71d25fd..07916cc 100755
--- a/Lib/smtplib.py
+++ b/Lib/smtplib.py
@@ -255,7 +255,11 @@
                 self.local_hostname = fqdn
             else:
                 # We can't find an fqdn hostname, so use a domain literal
-                addr = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
+                addr = '127.0.0.1'
+                try:
+                    addr = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
+                except socket.gaierror:
+                    pass
                 self.local_hostname = '[%s]' % addr
 
     def set_debuglevel(self, debuglevel):